The California Medicare for All Movement backed Gavin Newsom all the way. Will they feel betrayed if he pursues a multi-year path to get there rather than immediately implementing single-payer ? Samantha Young, syoung@kff.org, KHN Californians on Tuesday elected a governor who campaigned for a […]
Author: Georgia Brewer
This year, California dialysis clinics — and their profits — are in a powerful union’s crosshairs. On Nov. 6, the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West union hopes to deliver a stinging blow with a ballot measure designed to limit clinic profits. Proposition […]
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — When Nikia Jackson needed to be screened for a sexually transmitted disease, she wanted a clinic that was reputable, quick and inexpensive. After searching online, Jackson, 23, ended up at the Obria Medical Clinics’ sparkling new facility in an office park […]
As the nation considers the very disturbing testimony presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee by Dr. Ford as well as Judge Kavanaugh’s angry response, it’s critical to remember that there have been many other concerns about Kavanaugh. By no means are we minimizing the […]
As the US Senate Judiciary Committee begins hearings today on the confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, advocacy groups representing the the most vulnerable among us, including seniors, the disenfranchised and women, urge extreme caution. And Senators are listening. If, after reviewing these […]
Members of several San Fernando Valley progressive groups met on August 23, 2018, at Toolbox LA for a presentation introducing the idea of forming a San Fernando Valley-based, non-partisan Progressive Alliance to elect corporate-free political candidates and support issue-based campaigns. The meeting was organized […]
Shot down behind enemy lines in October 1967, during the Vietnam War, Navy pilot John McCain lived the rest of his long life suffering from severe injuries he sustained as a result of ejecting from a fighter plane, prolonged torture as a POW and shockingly […]
Not likely, even though having insurance usually = better health Most studies show that just having health insurance not only increases the affordability of health care, it improves one’s health status. For example, a recent Health Affairs study found that: Low-income people with diabetes are better able […]