THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   We’re talking about one of the most frustrating experiences in American healthcare –  when your insurance company says ‘no.’ According to Miranda Yaver, an assistant professor of health policy and management at the University of Pittsburgh, insurance […]

      THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   California has debated a single-payer healthcare system for decades, but a new UCLA report commissioned by the California Health and Human Services Agency under Senate Bill 770 could reshape the conversation. In this episode, Michael Lighty, […]

         THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   The upcoming governor’s race could shape the future of health care for nearly 40 million Californians. With former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra facing Republican Steve Hilton, the election is raising […]

Breaking News in Healthcare Reform   Featured Podcast   “The American healthcare system just isn’t really set up for ordinary individuals to fix these kinds of things when they go wrong. Whether it is the insurance company trying to save a penny or it’s an […]

  “‘…the federal regulations are a lot stricter than many states had expected, even those on board with work requirements’ said Jennifer Tolbert, deputy director of KFF’s Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured….”   Medicaid Work Rule Leaves Homeless People in the Cold   MISSOULA, […]

  “‘It felt like I was talking to a real person.’ She definitely wasn’t.”   AI Is Being Used to Boost Medicaid Enrollment,but Not Without Concerns   Vanessa Barahona received a call this past spring from Angelica at Kern Family Health Care in Bakersfield, California, […]