Is Medicare for All too good to be true? Many people understandably think so. Why is that? First, in America, having good health insurance is associated with having a posh job at a big corporation or in the government. In other words, good health […]
Commentary by Sylvia Moore Imagine you have just gone into the hospital for major surgery. Now imagine weeks later you receive a mysterious request to connect on social media from someone you don’t personally know. It turns out the request is from a debt collector. […]
If you’ve ever wondered why our government never manages to rein in Big Pharma, one explanation may be that our legislators are enjoying lavish donations from drug companies a little too much. Kaiser Health News has made it possible for you to determine exactly how […]
More in the continuing saga of how some American hospitals are ruining the lives of ordinary people who incurred medical debt when they fell ill – insured or not. This analysis of the University of Virginia Health System’s (UVA) debt collection strategies highlights the human […]
In our national quest to identify and rein in the villains who are driving the cost of U.S. health care to staggering heights, the role of hospitals has been overlooked. This Kaiser Family Foundation analysis corrects that oversight, revealing that hospitals are by far […]
Consumer protection in health care – like in every other industry – should ensure the rights of consumers and support fair trade, competition and accurate information. Historically there has been a striking lack of consumer protection in the healthcare industry, with hospitals keeping secret their […]
The 1619 Project examines the legacy of slavery as the main reason why America doesn’t have universal health care What do slavery and Jim Crow have to do with the fact that the United States is the only country in the developed world that […]
With temperatures expected to reach into the 90’s later that day, the Butte County community of Chico, California greeted the morning of August 3 with anticipation. And so did the Butte County Health Care Coalition Education Fund (BCHCC). California CareForce, a non-profit dedicated to providing […]
Drug prices in the USA are surging, in some cases at 5 times the rate of inflation. An extreme example is the cost of generic Prozac, which went up 879% from one year to the next. The US market for drugs is notoriously in-transparent […]