According to Lulit Shewan, youth activist and Youth Activism Project board member, “Resistance is the theme of our generation.” In light of such serious social issues as climate change and racial inequities, the youth of today face profound challenges, indeed. Training […]
It grows more evident everyday that decisions made by policymakers and legislators have left Americans at risk during this pandemic. This is especially true of health workers on the front lines, in direct contact with COVID-19 patients, who have had to work without […]
The week in healthcare reform Our Weekly News Roundup brings you snippets of news and brief commentary on topics related to America’s failing healthcare system, with a special focus on Medicare for All and California. — “They are correct to never […]
Structural racism, a signature feature of the U.S. healthcare system, is not just a problem for patients. A Harvard Medical School study showed that healthcare workers of color are also severely impacted, reporting COVID-19 infections at about three times (or even more) the […]
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, nobody anticipated that Americans would simply stop going to the doctor unless it were absolutely, positively necessary. Health insurers kept collecting (and keeping) premium dollars that they did not have to pay out on medical […]
The week in healthcare reform Our Weekly News Roundup brings you snippets of news and brief commentary on topics related to America’s failing healthcare system, with a special focus on Medicare for All and California. — “The failure of employer-sponsored […]
Medi-Cal’s new head, Will Lightbourne, admits “we’ve got structural inequities that are not just immoral but are, at an existential level, unsurvivable.” Yet he proposes that we “use the moment to insist that our publicly financed health care system really partners up with […]
Did you know that about half of the people enrolled in Medicaid are children? How about that one in three Californians are on Medi-Cal (California’s Medicaid program)? Or that California has the highest Medicaid enrollment in the country? —The HEAL Team The […]
