California OneCare Supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes A message from HEAL California’s organizational partner: California OneCare, an activist organization working to achieve Medicare for All in California and the nation, is in full support of the current strike by SAG-AFTRA […]
Health care and the U.S. economy The US Economy is being choked by our healthcare system. It costs us $4.3 trillion, or about $13,000 per person, each year. This breathtaking expenditure represents over 18% of the US gross domestic product (GDP). […]
Corporate health insurance sucks, and then there’s the hospitals! Join us and Healthy California Now for a screening of a new film that exposes a sector of the healthcare industry that often “gets off scot-free,” when debating the cost of our medical […]
On August 8, 2022, the Alameda Labor Council passed a resolution to stop the privatization of Medicare and to abolish ACO REACH, the program that is bringing private equity, venture capital, and insurance companies into traditional Medicare. Seniors who chose traditional Medicare can […]
…here’s what I learned from talking to hundreds of women who’ve sought abortions A plane ticket and hotel stay are not the only costs to consider when traveling to get an abortion. Katrina Kimport, University of California, San Francisco Abortion travel […]
California’s single-payer bill, AB 1400, did not get a critical vote on the Assembly floor on January 31, 2022. According to the bill’s main author, Assemblyman Ash Kalra, he did not have the votes to win and believed the best choice was to […]
