New Code WACK! episode “Sadly, there’s just this misplaced belief that the private sectorcan do a better job than the government in anything,and that includes health care….” – Wendell Potter Can Veterans Really GetBetter Care Outside the VA? Featuring Wendell […]
“Newsom has so far failed to fully deliver on his most sweeping health care policies — and many changes are not yet visible to the public: Health care costs continue to rise, homelessness is worsening, and many Californians still struggle to get basic medical care. Now, […]
“People who need surgery to replace a joint typically don’t encounter similar coverage roadblocks. … To people in the amputee community, the coverage disparity amounts to discrimination.” Health Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity When Michael Adams […]
New Code WACK! episode “We’ve largely turned our healthcare system over to profit-seeking, profit-making entities.” – Wendell Potter The Sordid Financializationof America’s Healthcare System Featuring Wendell Potter,whistleblower, author, founderCenter for Health and Democracy […]
“BAKER CITY, Ore. — In what has become a routine event in rural America, a hospital maternity ward closed in 2023 in this small Oregon town about an hour from the Idaho border.” For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns […]
New Code WACK! episode “…to have a comprehensive health plan like that, that covers medical,vision and dental across the nation … and include Native Americans and Alaska Natives,I think it would be a wonderful, wonderful thing to see….”– Elder Billie Tohei, Executive Director, […]
New Code WACK! episode What could another Trump presidency mean for the privatization of Medicare?—Dr. Diljeet K. Singh, Physicians for a National Health Program Will Project 2025Sink Medicare? Featuring Diljeet K. Singh, MD […]
“…eruptions of public rage have shadowed the American health care system for decades.” Rage Has Long Shadowed American Health Care. It’s Rarely Produced Big Change. Among the biggest-grossing films in America in February 2002 were a war drama about American troops […]
“…immigrants living illegally in Southern California told KFF Health News they thought the economy would improve and their incomes might increase under Trump, and for some that outweighed concerns about health care.” Trump Threat to Immigrant Health Care Tempered by Economic Hopes […]