New Code WACK! episode “The average benefit on Social Security is $1,900 a month. It accounts for above 90% of some people’s income. So where’s the cut going to come from? Food? Rent? Prescription drugs?” — Alex Lawson, Social Security Works […]
“Unlike Democrats who view Medicaid as a way to ensure health care is affordable and accessible regardless of income, many Republicans in Washington see Medicaid as a broken and wasteful welfare program that’s grown too big and covers millions of adults who don’t deserve […]
“’If I had not fought tooth and nail every step of the way, my daughter would be dead,’ said Henderson, of Auburn, California, whose daughter eventually recovered and is now a thriving 20-year-old junior at Oregon State University. ‘You pay a lot of money […]
New Code WACK! episode “Millions of people are going to be hungrier, sicker, and deadso that billionaires can buy another golden yacht.” – Alex Lawson, Social Security Works Could Trump’s GOP BudgetCuts Kill Medicaid? Featuring Alex LawsonSocial Security Works […]
“A California bill awaiting its first hearing would subject drug industry intermediaries known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, to licensing by the state Department of Insurance. And it would require them to pass along 100% of the rebates they get from drug companies to the […]
“In California, KP has accounted for over $54 million of the $55.7 million in mental-health-related fines the DMHC has levied on insurers in the past two decades.“ Kaiser Permanente Back in the Hot Seat Over Mental Health Care, but It’s Not Only a KP […]
New Code WACK! episode “…What we do know is that tens of thousands, indeed,hundreds of thousands of people die each yearbecause of holes in our health insurance system.“ – James G. Kahn, MD, MPH How Many Must Die?America’s Health Crisis Featuring […]
“The stress of watching tens of thousands of sick birds die of avian flu each day, while millions of others waited to be euthanized, kept everyone awake.“ On the Front Lines Against Bird Flu, Egg Farmers Say They’re Losing the Battle […]
“In its first two weeks, the Trump administration went further to restrict abortion than any president since the original Roe decision in 1973.“ Trump’s Already Gone Back on His Promise To Leave Abortion to States Abortion foes worried before his election that President […]