“I really think that medical students have realized increasingly if they want to create healthier patients, their responsibility reaches beyond the patient in front of them. … As students are recognizing the systemic nature and the social determinants of health, they realize you […]
“…some of the nation’s richest hospitals and health systems recorded hundreds of millions of dollars in surpluses after accepting the lion’s share of the federal health care bailout grants…. But poorer hospitals — many serving rural and minority populations — got a tinier […]
Action Alerts! SIGN PETITION NOW! Tell Governor Newsom to request the necessary waivers so federal funds can be used for a California single-payer plan! CALL YOUR ASSEMBLYMEMBER! Urge them to co-sponsor AB 1400, California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act. […]
“Instead of tracking down the most vulnerable of the county’s roughly 68,000 eligible residents, community clinics and health care workers will be learning data systems…’I’m not quite sure what issue the state was trying to fix when they moved to this contract,’ said […]
“The tragedy is that a good part of this pain could have been avoided had there been a robust and functioning public health infrastructure in early 2020. That investment would have been a bargain, compared with what has been spent in the past […]
Action Alerts! SIGN PETITION NOW! Tell Governor Newsom to request the necessary waivers so federal funds can be used for a California single-payer plan! CALL YOUR ASSEMBLYMEMBER! Urge them to co-sponsor AB 1400, California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act. […]
“The legislation will direct some $20 billion more to insurance companies by making larger premium subsidies available to consumers who buy qualified plans…The expansion of coverage is the path of least resistance…the result is you end up adding on to an incredibly expensive […]
“Gavin Newsom was just making a name for himself as mayor of San Francisco in 2005 when Blue Shield of California wrote him its first major check. … Over the next 16 years, as Newsom’s political career flourished, the health insurance behemoth became […]
