“All Hands on Deck” Campaign coordinators are calling for all hands on deck as February 7 approaches, the date of a key hearing of the Assembly Select Committee on Universal Healthcare. The hearing, scheduled to take place in Sacramento, will present a number of paths […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Healthcare Access is a Human Right by Kathryn Donahue. January 18, 2018. North Coast Journal. Excerpts only. Read complete article here. Jim Wood, our state assemblymember, in his Dec. 28 Views column, “Setting the Record Straight,” attempts to discredit California Senate Bill 562 and its […]
The Health-Care Industry Is Sick My insurer denied me coverage for a breathing machine and revealed the flaws of the for-profit health-care system. By Ady BarkanTwitter January 16, 2018. 12:56 PM. The Nation. Excerpts only. Read complete article here. I have ALS, a deadly, incurable neurological disease […]
Number of Americans without health insurance grows in Trump’s first year, new figures show Noam N. Levey, January 16, 2018 Excerpts only. Read complete article here. The number of Americans without health coverage, which declined for years after passage of the Affordable Care Act, shot […]