Worried that Medicare for All is just too much to hope for? Wondering if it would be better to take things “one step at a time?” Maybe a more incremental approach would be best? If that’s what you think, then you’d better think again. […]
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If you’ve ever been denied coverage for medicine or for a medical procedure, you’re familiar with how that feels. The hassle-factor is off the charts, so feeling dread would be natural. But sometimes you just have to fight back. Read this article from California […]
Prompted by the $13,000 bill a patient received after being treated for only 5 hours in the Emergency Room at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Assemblyman David Chiu and State Senator Scott Wiener introduced legislation to protect consumers from such charges. But in the […]
In December 2018, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, TX ruled that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was unconstitutional. The basis for the decision is complex and worth reviewing. But it is the devastating potential impact of a ruling for the plaintiffs […]
When moderators on MSNBC framed Medicare-for-All as “government-run healthcare” during the first Democratic presidential debates, they advanced right-wing talking points and revealed implicit bias. HEAL California highly recommends NESRI’s authoritative, historical analysis of how insurance industry lobbyists and Republican strategists developed the language used […]