In a move that sounds reasonable, but will continue the catastrophic cutbacks to healthcare access, the Department of Labor released a new rule this week governing Association Health Plans, or AHPs. Small business can band together, allowing them to easily form groups based on geography or […]
At a U.S. Senate Health Committee hearing this week, a top administration official tried to say that the decision by the Department of Justice to undo health insurance protections for people with pre-existing conditions had nothing to do with the president’s campaign to rein in […]
52 million Americans could be affected by the latest healthcare tripwire purposefully set off by the Trump administration, which is declining to support certain mandates that include protections for pre-existing conditions. In 2016, a Kaiser Family Foundation study estimated that 27 percent of adult Americans […]
Introducing Dr. William Bronston, our latest unsung hero of healthcare reform! This project of HEAL California highlights the hard work and dedication of individuals who are working – often in the background – to win Medicare-for-All in California and the nation. At 79, Dr. William […]
Nationwide, 83 of 2,375 rural hospitals have closed since 2010. These often-remote hospitals — some with 10, 15, 25 beds — have been targeted by management companies or potential buyers who promise much but often deliver little while lining their own pockets. Barbara Feder Ostrov, […]
In our top stories this week, we have a generic drug pricing scam, Germany beating the U.S. (and not in soccer) and a growing number of primary elections focused on candidates supporting Medicare for All. In a related article, doctor burnout because of uninsured patients […]
By delaying development of generics, drugmakers can maintain their monopolies and keep prices high. Most of the drugs cost Medicare Part D more in 2016 than they did in 2012, for an average spending increase of about 60 percent more per unit. This excludes drugs […]
The California Nurses Association union and Blue Shield of California each have contributed about $1 million to independent committees that support Newsom. The powerful nurses union strongly supports single-payer health care, while that model of health care delivery could pose an existential threat to insurer […]
