“Kaiser Permanente has long been allowed to limit its Medi-Cal membership by accepting only people who have been KP members in the recent past — primarily in employer-based or Affordable Care Act plans — and their immediate family members.“Under the new law, the number […]
“Through a wave of pandemic-related litigation, a trio of small but mighty conservative legal blocs has rolled back public health authority at the local, state, and federal levels, recasting America’s future battles against infectious diseases.” Conservative Blocs Unleash Litigation to Curb […]
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform “Then, the worst feature of all, hiding in the program details, jolted me: REACH is structured to make doctors complicit in the money game.” Medicare REACH: Financial Incentives Will Undermine Doctor-Patient Trust Health Justice Monitor | James Kahn, MD | […]
“Amid pressure from public health officials, Newsom and state Democratic leaders infused California’s public health agencies with new funding that kicked in July 1. “The $300 million annual general fund investment will help California fortify its public health system…. It comes after decades of disinvestment in […]
“…the high costs of modern-day care have left millions with a devastating financial burden. That’s forced patients and their families to make gut-wrenching sacrifices even as they confront a grave illness, according to a KHN-NPR investigation of America’s sprawling medical debt problem. The project […]
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform _____________________________________________________________________________ “…instead of looking for a solution that takes care of the problems of patients, we have been looking for solutions that take care of the problems of the insurer.” US Health Insurance Cost-Sharing Benefits Insurers & Harms the […]
“At the very least, advancing the drug bill would make some other Democratic goals easier to achieve, since it would save the federal government a lot of money, which could then be applied to other programs. Although new estimates are not yet available, drug […]
“Pfizer recorded $7.8 billion in U.S. revenue for its covid vaccine in 2021. The government has options to buy 1.6 billion Pfizer vaccine doses and has so far bought 900 million of them, including 500 million purchased at not-for-profit prices to be donated to […]
