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How Our Broken Healthcare System Bankrupts Young Families

Why does it cost $32,093 just to give birth in America? The US is the most expensive nation in the world in which to have a baby – and it may factor into thousands of bankruptcies each year Jessica Glenza in New York. Tue 16 Jan 2018 02.00 EST. […]

Nurses Counter Villaraigosa’s “Alternative Facts” About Health Care Legislation

Nurses: Villaraigosa’s Distortions, Fear Mongering on SB 562 Stain His Candidacy, Mock Health Crisis Felt by Millions California Nurses Association. January 26, 2018 The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) today again condemned public statements by gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa for politically motivated distortions and […]

Record-Breaking Medicare-for-All Town Hall Hosted by Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare For All’ Online Town Hall Draws Over 1 Million Live Viewers The Vermont senator delighted in circumventing the television networks. By Daniel Marans. January 24, 2018. Huffington Post. Excerpts only. Read complete article here.  Sen. Bernie Sanders’ televised town hall on Tuesday night to […]

How Inequality is Killing Our Children

Death by Inequality: Poverty and Racism Are Killing America’s Children The deaths of hundreds of thousands of kids should have dominated the media. They would have been, if terrorists had killed them. Richard Eskow. Campaign for America’s Future. January 23, 2018. CommonDreams.org. Excerpts only. Read complete […]

Harming Our Most Vulnerable

Obstruction of medical justice: How health care fails patients with cancer MIRIAM A. KNOLL, MD . JANUARY 22, 2018. KevinMD.com Excerpts only. Read complete article here.  Isn’t getting cancer bad enough? That’s the frustrated thought that goes through my mind when I see patients with cancer suffering […]

Entrepreneurs Find New Ways to Profit From “User-Hostile” Health Insurance

These Female Founders Have A Tech Solution To Americans’ Health Insurance Woes Candice Helfand-Rogers , Contributor.  January 23, 2018. Forbes.  Excerpts only. Read complete article here.  Entrepreneur Christine Carrillo found inspiration for her multi-million-dollar venture over dinner. It all began at a 2014 dinner party, when a friend […]

Single Payer Issue Divides Democrats Running for California Governor

Thomas Elias: Single-payer emerging as key election issue Op-Ed by Thomas Elias, California Focus. January 22, 2018. Published in The Union. Excerpts only. Link to complete letter here.  After the contentious, sometimes raucous first debate of this year’s primary election season, it became clear that […]