“A California bill awaiting its first hearing would subject drug industry intermediaries known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, to licensing by the state Department of Insurance. And it would require them to pass along 100% of the rebates they get from drug companies to the […]
“In California, KP has accounted for over $54 million of the $55.7 million in mental-health-related fines the DMHC has levied on insurers in the past two decades.“ Kaiser Permanente Back in the Hot Seat Over Mental Health Care, but It’s Not Only a KP […]
New Code WACK! episode “…What we do know is that tens of thousands, indeed,hundreds of thousands of people die each yearbecause of holes in our health insurance system.“ – James G. Kahn, MD, MPH How Many Must Die?America’s Health Crisis Featuring […]
“The stress of watching tens of thousands of sick birds die of avian flu each day, while millions of others waited to be euthanized, kept everyone awake.“ On the Front Lines Against Bird Flu, Egg Farmers Say They’re Losing the Battle […]
“In its first two weeks, the Trump administration went further to restrict abortion than any president since the original Roe decision in 1973.“ Trump’s Already Gone Back on His Promise To Leave Abortion to States Abortion foes worried before his election that President […]
New Code WACK! episode “…Every year we have deaths which appear to be attributable tohealth insurance problems that are a thousand timesgreater than the deaths in the LA fires.” – James G. Kahn, MD, MPH Murder, Money & Medicine: The United […]
“Anderson got a rare glimpse of what can happen when insurance doesn’t cover contraception. The Affordable Care Act requires health plans to offer preventive care, including a variety of contraceptives, without cost to the patient. “But Anderson’s plan doesn’t have to comply with the ACA. That’s […]
“Attorneys general in California, New York, and four other states announced Tuesday afternoon a joint lawsuit against the Trump administration over the order, which they said had already frozen systems for Medicaid, Head Start, and even child support enforcement across multiple states.“ […]
