In the absence of comprehensive healthcare reform, California, New Mexico, Washington State, and New York City are taking matters into their own hands. How far can they actually go to guarantee access to affordable health care to everyone without state or national Medicare for […]
If you already thought “Medicare for All” was challenging to explain, just try explaining “Medicare for More!” None of 2020’s presidential candidates seem to agree on the details. Whether discussing the elimination of corporate health insurance or expanding public insurance to everyone, the candidates […]
Most legislators are not especially known for thinking outside the box. It’s telling that today, so many different approaches for health care are being bounced around. Check out this week’s News Roundup featuring some legislators’ latest and greatest ideas, ranging from Medicare-for-Some to Medicare-for-All. […]
Years after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, millions of Americans remain uninsured, and even more are underinsured. In the absence of effective healthcare reform at the federal level, states and even cities are stepping up with solutions of their own. SAN […]
Words matter! When politicians talk about “Medicare for All,” what do they actually mean? 1.) Are they talking about giving Traditional Medicare to everybody? 2.) Or are they talking about improving Medicare, and then expanding it to us all? If you guessed “2,” you’d […]
Thanks to tricks by the pharmaceutical trade, like rebate traps, stacked formularies and other market-tampering strategies, patients, health plans and insurers unnecessarily pay more for medicine. Lisa Crook was lucky. She saved $800 last year after her insurance company started covering a new, less […]
AG Xavier Becerra has been a single-payer advocate all his life. The child of immigrants from Jalisco, Mexico, he shared a one-room apartment in Sacramento with his parents and three sisters. When President Donald Trump demands a border wall or threatens to deport young unauthorized immigrants, […]
In this era of underinsurance and high deductibles, better make sure it’s an actual emergency before calling 911. Problem is, it’s sometimes hard to tell. . . Matt Gleason had skipped getting a flu shot for more than a decade. But after suffering a nasty bout of […]
