The conventional wisdom is that Americans just love their health insurance companies. If that’s true, the entire country must be suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. Have we developed a psychological alliance with health insurance companies as a survival strategy? “Maybe they’ll pay our claims if we […]
As Medicare for All grows more popular, its opponents grow more brazen. Behind the scenes, the health insurance lobby is busy spinning lies and spending money to influence the American people and our legislators. By Sylvia Moore. HEAL California. March 4, 2019 As the […]
I found the recent LA Times editorial “Gavin Newsom is already moving California toward single-payer” frustrating. It’s about time that the LA Times gets single payer right! To be sure, this opinion by the LA Times Editorial Board, gets some things right but it also […]
It’s that time of year again! We’re approaching deadlines for enrollment, so here are some important dates to keep in mind: Medicare’s 2019 Annual Enrollment Period ends on December 7, 2018. Healthcare.gov’s Open Enrollment Period ends on December 15, 2018. Covered California’s Open Enrollment […]
As the nation considers the very disturbing testimony presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee by Dr. Ford as well as Judge Kavanaugh’s angry response, it’s critical to remember that there have been many other concerns about Kavanaugh. By no means are we minimizing the […]
As the US Senate Judiciary Committee begins hearings today on the confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, advocacy groups representing the the most vulnerable among us, including seniors, the disenfranchised and women, urge extreme caution. And Senators are listening. If, after reviewing these […]
Check out what Seema Verma, CMS Administrator, tweeted on July 26: Scary! Really? Merriam-Webster defines socialized medicine as, “medical and hospital services for the members of a class or population administered by an organized group (such as a state agency) and paid for from […]
Not likely, even though having insurance usually = better health Most studies show that just having health insurance not only increases the affordability of health care, it improves one’s health status. For example, a recent Health Affairs study found that: Low-income people with diabetes are better able […]
