THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   What’s at stake for Medicaid—the lifeline for millions of low-income Americans—under President Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress determined to slash spending? How would cutting Medicaid affect the more than 72 million people who […]

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Why are some 200,000 Americans dying each year due to issues with their health insurance and access to care? Would a single-payer healthcare system put a stop to this?  To find out, we interviewed Dr. […]

            THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   This time on Code WACK!  The strong reactions to the tragic murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson by alleged killer Luigi Mangione are bringing renewed attention to the abuses of for-profit health […]

  “’If I had not fought tooth and nail every step of the way, my daughter would be dead,’ said Henderson, of Auburn, California, whose daughter eventually recovered and is now a thriving 20-year-old junior at Oregon State University. ‘You pay a lot of money […]

  New Code WACK! episode   “Millions of people are going to be hungrier, sicker, and deadso that billionaires can buy another golden yacht.” – Alex Lawson, Social Security Works     Could Trump’s GOP BudgetCuts Kill Medicaid? Featuring Alex LawsonSocial Security Works     […]

  “A California bill awaiting its first hearing would subject drug industry intermediaries known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, to licensing by the state Department of Insurance. And it would require them to pass along 100% of the rebates they get from drug companies to the […]