New Code WACK! episode “We’ve largely turned our healthcare system over to profit-seeking, profit-making entities.” – Wendell Potter The Sordid Financializationof America’s Healthcare System Featuring Wendell Potter,whistleblower, author, founderCenter for Health and Democracy […]
“BAKER CITY, Ore. — In what has become a routine event in rural America, a hospital maternity ward closed in 2023 in this small Oregon town about an hour from the Idaho border.” For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns […]
New Code WACK! episode “…to have a comprehensive health plan like that, that covers medical,vision and dental across the nation … and include Native Americans and Alaska Natives,I think it would be a wonderful, wonderful thing to see….”– Elder Billie Tohei, Executive Director, […]
New Code WACK! episode What could another Trump presidency mean for the privatization of Medicare?—Dr. Diljeet K. Singh, Physicians for a National Health Program Will Project 2025Sink Medicare? Featuring Diljeet K. Singh, MD […]
“…eruptions of public rage have shadowed the American health care system for decades.” Rage Has Long Shadowed American Health Care. It’s Rarely Produced Big Change. Among the biggest-grossing films in America in February 2002 were a war drama about American troops […]
“…immigrants living illegally in Southern California told KFF Health News they thought the economy would improve and their incomes might increase under Trump, and for some that outweighed concerns about health care.” Trump Threat to Immigrant Health Care Tempered by Economic Hopes […]
New Code WACK! episode What questionable justifications did a major insurance company giveto repeatedly deny coverage to treat a baby’s brain tumor? The Tricks & Trapsof Medicare‘Disadvantage’ Plans Featuring Diljeet K. Singh, MD […]
“In common vernacular, ‘surgery’ evokes images of physicians and nurses leaning over an operating table, gowned and masked, as they address a problem deep in the body. Removing an appendix or a tumor. Replacing a knee. … More and more minor interventions, however, have […]
