THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! What’s at stake in health care with the upcoming federal election? Would Donald Trump really try to repeal the Affordable Care Act – again? Would Kamala Harris continue fighting to rein in the skyrocketing […]
Author: Brenda Gazzar
THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! The fight for affordable, accessible health care in the U.S. has gone on for decades. Who’s in the fight to win solutions that improve health care for everyone? What policies are they working on? Today […]
THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! What are lawmakers and the Federal Trade Commission doing about Pharmacy Benefit Managers and their undue influence over drug prices and access? Who is watching out for consumers when the pharmaceutical industry pursues self-serving […]
THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! So you might have heard the term pharmacy benefit managers – or PBMs – in the news. But what are they? How did these middlemen get to be so powerful? How are they […]
THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! As the United States faces an election possibly unlike any other in our history, we wonder about the future of our healthcare system. What changes might we expect under President Trump, or President Harris? […]
THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! What’s been happening on the healthcare front since California Senate Bill 770, which paves the way for a single-payer healthcare system, was passed last year? What’s the process and the timeline? What are the […]
THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! How far did one man have to go to get the health insurance he needed to cover a specialized surgery in another state? Despite jumping through many hoops to even qualify to buy the coverage […]
THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! Imagine having to fight with your HMO insurer about compensating your surgeon who doesn’t belong to your provider network, but happens to be a specialist in a particular procedure that you want because it […]