“Many pharmacists are eager to expand their menu of patient services, but … Pharmacists aren’t generally recognized as service providers under Medicare. … Many private insurers follow Medicare’s lead on payment…For many people, pharmacies are convenient and familiar. More than 90% of people in […]
A new Health Justice Monitor commentary on the intrigues of the medical lobbies. “The pharmaceutical industry needs to come under control of our own public single payer, and the health insurance industry needs to be converted into public stewards serving all of us as […]
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform “Charging individuals for Covid testing — a basic public health tool, is just willful stupidity.” ‘Utter Travesty’: Uninsured Americans Will Now Be Charged $125 for a Single PCR Covid-19 Test Common Dreams | Jon Queally | March 26, 2022 […]
“Insurers generally get to decide what care is ‘medically necessary’ and therefore covered. And that is often in the eye of the beholder.” The Case of the $489,000 Air Ambulance Ride Sean Deines and his wife, Rebekah, were road-tripping […]
“Elizabeth O. Stern, 69, of Stonington, Connecticut, was unable to see her 91-year-old mother for eight months after her mother’s nursing home shut its doors on March 10, 2020. Before the pandemic, Stern visited nearly every day with her mother, who had a stroke […]
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform “…we must continue the fight to establish healthcare as a human right, not a privilege.” As Biden Continues Privatization Ploy, Sanders Vows to Reintroduce Medicare for All Common Dreams | Jake Johnson | March 21, 2022 “Today, the […]
A new Health Justice Monitor commentary on the insertion of a private pharmacy benefits plan into Medi-Cal. “This policy looks like a classic but especially heinous example of corporate profit over all other considerations — notably health of public beneficiaries, and responsibly managing public […]
“…the law’s protections against the infuriating, expensive scourge of surprise medical bills may be only as good as a patient’s knowledge — and ability to make sure those protections are enforced…. Out-of-network providers may present patients with a form addressing their protections from unexpected […]
