“While it was heartening to see agreement on the principle of universal health care as a human right, the debate format eliminated any opportunity for nuance.” Opinion: Medicare for All: A voter’s cheat sheet The Hill. Drs. James G. Kahn & […]
Author: Georgia Brewer
If you’ve ever been denied coverage for medicine or for a medical procedure, you’re familiar with how that feels. The hassle-factor is off the charts, so feeling dread would be natural. But sometimes you just have to fight back. Read this article from California […]
“How many more mothers, daughters, and sisters will needlessly die under our healthcare system before we stand up and say enough is enough?” Opinion: How Women Win with Medicare for All Women’s E-News. Kirsten Magnuson & Dr. Ana Malinow. July 14, 2019 […]
Prompted by the $13,000 bill a patient received after being treated for only 5 hours in the Emergency Room at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Assemblyman David Chiu and State Senator Scott Wiener introduced legislation to protect consumers from such charges. But in the […]
In December 2018, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, TX ruled that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was unconstitutional. The basis for the decision is complex and worth reviewing. But it is the devastating potential impact of a ruling for the plaintiffs […]
When moderators on MSNBC framed Medicare-for-All as “government-run healthcare” during the first Democratic presidential debates, they advanced right-wing talking points and revealed implicit bias. HEAL California highly recommends NESRI’s authoritative, historical analysis of how insurance industry lobbyists and Republican strategists developed the language used […]
“As a physician and a person of faith, I believe it’s time to rethink how we value life in America.” Pro-Life? Try Medicare for All The Hill. Dr. Paul Song. July 3, 2019 In this op-ed, Dr. Paul Song discusses […]
When it comes to change, maybe”incrementalism” sounds reasonable. Maybe that’s why many of the Democratic presidential candidates suggest a “public option” as a way to “glide into” Medicare for All. They have evidently not done the math. Adam Gaffney, President of Physicians for a […]