May 29, 2019 On Wednesday around 40 Medicare-for-All advocates rallied outside the Marines’ Memorial Theater in San Francisco where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was scheduled to address The Commonwealth Club. The rally was coordinated by Single Payer Now and organizational participants included Physicians for a […]
In 2017-18, 27 California members of the House of Representatives co-sponsored the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act (HR 676), which was originally introduced in 2003 by John Conyers. Yet to date, seven of the 27 legislators have failed to co-sponsor its latest […]
Medicare-for-All advocates in San Francisco are preparing to promote their support of H.R. 1384, the Medicare for All Act of 2019 (Rep. Pramila Jayapal), at two upcoming appearances by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Activists will gather at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 29 in […]
Elvia Mendez, high school junior and “the Greta Thunberg of Single Payer Healthcare,” leads rally at the Los Angeles district offices of her congress member, Tony Cardenas. On May 21, 2019, Elvia Mendez, a high school junior at Vaughn International Studies Academy […]
An analysis of a study by the Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development revealed that an increasing number of Californians are leaving emergency rooms (ERs) against medical advice. A 2018 study by the California Health Care Foundation showed that California ER visits increased 44% between […]
Progress! May 2019 Subscribe here for HEAL California’s monthly newsletter. At long last, our legislators are beginning to admit that millions of Americans are desperate for Medicare for All. With a House Rules Committee hearing behind us, and an upcoming hearing before the […]
The week in healthcare reform: news summary. May 10, 2019 — In 2018, over one million Americans lost their health insurance. . . USA Today reports that newly released studies by the Centers for Disease Control show increasing numbers of uninsured and […]
A recent study by the Rand Corporation revealed that commercial health insurers pay substantially more for healthcare services than Medicare does. This brings up many questions: Are lower reimbursements a reflection of Medicare’s superior negotiating ability? Would expanding Medicare to everyone mean that hospitals […]
