Action Alerts Zoom Online Discussion: Register here Unions and Single Payer Health Care Featuring Ada Briceño, Co-President, Unite Here Local 11 Mark Dudzik, Executive Director, Unions for Single Payer and Michael Lighty, President, Healthy California Now Monday, February 135:00 pm […]
“…the radical changes Sanders seeks could prove elusive. During an interview with KHN at his Senate office recently, the independent from Vermont spoke about the prospects for lowering drug prices, expanding access to primary care, and his ultimate goal of ‘Medicare for All.’” […]
“…it was noteworthy both Coram and Optum Rx pivoted the same way to focus on higher-dollar, higher-reimbursement, high-margin populations. …” “Another, infuriating source of worry: the steady rise of IV spas and concierge services, staffed by moonlighting or burned-out hospital nurses, offering IV […]
Action Alerts Zoom Educational Forum: Register Here Delivering Birth Justice Why is giving birth in the U.S. so dangerous and costly,and what can we do about it? Tuesday, February 21 (90 minutes)7:30 pm ET, 6:30 pm CT, 5:30 pm MT, […]
“…in a surprise action, CMS announced it would require next to nothing from insurers for any excess payments they received from 2011 through 2017. CMS will not impose major penalties until audits for payment years 2018 and beyond are conducted, which have yet […]
“Even resourceful consumers who appear to have the law on their side, like Kearney, may find themselves in a losing, time-consuming battle with medical billing bureaucracies and facing collection actions….“Also, some out-of-network physicians continue to bill patients, despite the new federal protections. So […]
Action Alerts Zoom: Register Here Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All National Organizing Call Tuesday, January 31 5:00 pm PT / 8:00 pm ET Sponsored by National Nurses United ____________________________________________________ Breaking News in Healthcare Reform Snippets […]
“California’s decision last month to cancel the results of a long-planned bidding competition among commercial health plans in its Medicaid program has some industry insiders and consumer advocates wondering whether the state can stand up to insurers and force improvements in care for […]
