Wendell Potter, author, journalist and former corporate public relations executive, spent more than two decades in the health insurance industry, leaving in 2008 after a crisis of conscience.  “Beautiful coverage.” We can all breathe a sigh of relief. Yes, Obamacare will be repealed, president-elect Trump assures us, […]

Trump: Thumbs Down for Obamacare Obamacare certainly gets people going. Some say it’s tremendous, a real lifesaver. Others agree, but think it doesn’t go far enough. Still others say it’s a complete disaster, and needs to be repealed. Well, we had an election and the […]

Ask us how we really feel When it comes to the problems faced by people with pre-existing conditions, there is no solution in the four GOP “replacement” plans that holds a candle to Obamacare. Repealing Obamacare is the absolute worst thing the GOP Congress can […]

Zip, Nada, Gone! Just when we were getting our notes together to tell you all about California’s high-risk pool, the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program (or MRMIP), Governor Brown issued the 2017 budget. And guess what? He abolished it! Really? Because as inadequate as MRMIP […]

The Problem: People Get Sick When President-elect Trump and his buddies in Congress repeal Obamacare, they’ll have to figure out what to do with all the sick people that the health insurers don’t want to deal with. Remember, the big problem before Obamacare was that health […]

Healthcare Heaven? Or Hell? I admit that I love sci-fi. And when sci-fi comes true, it’s so cool, right? Well, sometimes, but not always! Especially not when the movie is Elysium (2013) starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster. It’s about a future where the 1% […]

How Obamacare Protects Us Concerned about losing Obamacare? You’d better be! Because Obamacare has protected millions of Americans from their health insurance companies. You heard that right. Obamacare has shielded us from Medical Underwriting, pre-existing condition exclusions, and coverage rescissions since 2014. You might not realize what […]