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 […]
Single-Payer Healthcare Divides Gubernatorial Candidates at Town Hall By Guy Marzorati JANUARY 13, 2018. KQED News. Excerpts only. Read complete article here. For more than an hour, Saturday’s town hall meeting of gubernatorial candidates at the University of Southern California proceeded at a tame, predictable pace. […]
Trump’s pick for health secretary makes clear he’s totally the wrong guy for the job By David Lazarus. January 12, 2018. Los Angeles Times. Excerpts only. Read complete article here. Watching Alex Azar, President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, testify before the Senate Finance […]
Nurses Catch Assembly Speaker in Lie About Healthy California Bill California Nurses Association. January 04, 2018 RNs to Rendon: “No Excuses. We’ve Done Our Job; You Do Yours.” The nearly 100,000 registered nurses of the California Nurses Association (CNA)—co-sponsors of SB 562, the Healthy California […]