Like Weekly News Roundup? Subscribe to our popular podcast Code WACK! and donate to support our work! New Code WACK! episode “Toni Daniels was not admitted to the first two hospitals that she went to.She had polio. The nurses […]
“Ground ambulance services are operated by a hodgepodge of private and public entities — with no uniform structure, or regulatory oversight, for billing — and most function outside insurance networks. Patients don’t typically have a choice of ambulance provider.” A Runner Was Hit […]
“For years, a long-standing policy prevented federal immigration agents from making arrests at or near sensitive locations, including schools, places of worship, hospitals, and health centers. It was one of the first policies Trump rolled back in January, just hours after his inauguration.” Health Clinic […]
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 […]