Action Alert! CalCare Debrief Zoom Tuesday, May 21 at 6 pm Next steps: AB 2200, Guaranteed Health Care for All Sponsored by California Nurses Association Click to Register New Code WACK! episode Find us on Apple podcasts, our website or your favorite […]
“…worker shortages, negotiations with health insurance companies, and learning to navigate complex billing and technology systems have hamstrung the community groups’ ability to deliver the new services: Now into the third year of the ambitious five-year experiment, only a small fraction of eligible patients […]
“Instead of chasing people who didn’t pay — a costly process that often yields meager returns — Rochester Regional resolved to find ways to get patients to settle bills before collections started.“ Why One New York Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients […]
Action Alert! California Assembly Appropriations Committee Hearing: 9:30 am on May 15, 2022AB 2200, Guaranteed Health Care for All1021 O Street, Room 1100, Sacramento, CA Committee Assembly Member Contact Info (District) 916-319-2014 Buffy Wicks (Chair) (14) 916-319-2071 Kate Sanchez (Vice-Chair) (71) 916-319-2031 Dr. […]
“…for millions of new parents, medical debt is now as much a hallmark of having children as long nights and dirty diapers.“ Their First Baby Came With Medical Debt. These Illinois Parents Won’t Have Another. JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Heather Crivilare was […]
“Switching to a 240-mg dosage could register a huge hit to Amgen’s revenue. The company markets the drug at more than $20,000 for a month of 960-mg daily doses. Each patient who could get by with a quarter of that would trim the company’s […]
New Code WACK! episode Find us on Apple podcasts, our website or your favorite podcast platform. Can Single-Payer AdvocatesOvercome the ‘Narcissismof Small Differences’? Featuring Peter Shapiro,Healthcare Advocate & Author Breaking News in Healthcare Reform Snippets of […]
“It’s not clear how much it would cost to extend Covered California to all immigrants…. “The immigrant policy center estimates that setting up the marketplace would cost at least $15 million. If the bill passes, sponsors would then need to secure funding for the […]
“The change puts fresh emphasis on the need to improve ventilation indoors and stockpile quality face masks before the next airborne disease explodes.” WHO Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It. The World Health Organization […]
