Thanks to Damien Petty for headline image above! The parade after the Rose Parade: About 200 march for universal health care By STEVE SCAUZILLO | sscauzillo@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley Tribune PUBLISHED: January 1, 2018 at 2:53 pm | UPDATED: January 1, 2018 at 2:55 pm From the Pasadena Star-News. Excerpts only. Read […]
Physicians who refuse to accept Medicaid patients breach their contract with society By SUMIT AGARWAL, DECEMBER 28, 2017. STAT. Excerpts only. Read complete article here. The notice on the clinic’s website, “We do not accept Medicaid,” might as well say, “Poor people aren’t welcome here.” It’s an […]
Get ready for a revived brawl over single-payer healthcare in California By Melanie Mason, December 28, 2017. Los Angeles Times. Excerpts only. Read complete article here. Whether it was bracing for a possible repeal of Obamacare or pondering an ambitious single-payer program that would overhaul how […]
By Shefali Luthra DECEMBER 18, 2017 TORONTO — For Dr. Peter Cram, an American internist who spent most of his career practicing in Iowa City, Iowa, moving here about four years ago was almost a no-brainer. He’s part of a small cohort of American doctors […]
Republican tax bill fuels anxiety across the nation’s healthcare system Noam N. Levey, December 18, 2017. Los Angeles Times. Excerpts. Read complete article here. Doctors, hospitals, patient advocates and others who work in the nation’s healthcare system are growing increasingly alarmed at the Republican tax […]
Oh, That Deadline? Doesn’t Apply To California Ana B. Ibarra,California Healthline Don’t be fooled, Californians. Despite what you may be seeing or hearing about a Dec. 15 enrollment deadline, you still have more than six weeks to choose or switch your Affordable Care Act health […]
Drug industry lawsuit shows it wants to keep patients in dark on pricing By David Lazarus. December 15, 2017. Los Angeles Times Excerpts. Read complete article here. The drug industry really, really doesn’t want you to know that it’s ripping you off with frequent and […]
Just looking at the first month of the year (January), it appears that 2018 promises to be another watershed year for the California Medicare for All Movement. HEALTHCARE FOR ALL AT ROSE PARADE Beginning on January 1, 2018, a huge Healthcare for All action is […]
California lawmakers propose health coverage for immigrants JONATHAN J. COOPER, ASSOCIATED PRESS, December 13, 2017. Updated: December 15, 2017 8:47am San Francisco Chronicle Excerpts. Read complete article here. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California, flush with cash from an expanding economy, would eventually spend $1 billion a year […]