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Weekly News Roundup for Dec 30, 2024

  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, […]

Weekly News Roundup for Dec 23, 2024

  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             […]

Trump Threat to Immigrant Health Care Tempered by Economic Hopes

  “…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 […]

Weekly News Roundup for Dec 16, 2024

  New Code WACK! episode   What questionable justifications did a major insurance company giveto repeatedly deny coverage to treat a baby’s brain tumor?       The Tricks & Trapsof Medicare‘Disadvantage’ Plans   Featuring Diljeet K. Singh, MD             […]

Weekly News Roundup for Dec 9, 2024

  New Code WACK! episode   What questionable justifications did a major insurance company giveto repeatedly deny coverage to treat a baby’s brain tumor?     Forsaken? The Problem withFor-Profit Health Care   Featuring Eunice Stallman, MD             Find us […]

How Potential Medicaid Cuts Could Play Out in California

  “Health officials in California and across the nation are on edge about the possibility of large-scale Medicaid cuts being enacted as soon as next year. Such cuts would have an outsize impact in the Golden State, whose 14.7 million Medi-Cal enrollees exceed the entire populations of all […]