“…University of California-San Francisco found that farmworkers and other agricultural workers had the third-highest risk of death during the pandemic in California…They often work in close proximity, travel from farm to farm across county borders, live in crowded housing and in multigenerational […]
“The agreement with Blue Shield was made under an emergency authorization, circumventing the customary bidding process…Some health experts suspected the decision to bring in Blue Shield was related to the insurer’s history as a major Newsom donor…It gave about $1 million to support Newsom’s 2018 […]
Send a message to Governor Newsom: Give us California Medicare for All! COVID-19 has revealed the fundamental injustice of a system that restricts access to care based on whether you can afford it or not. Governor, lead the nation! Provide every […]
Not being able to get health insurance at all is certainly bad, but having insurance that is an expensive hassle to use is not much better. This story shows how payment for the medical bills of a newborn baby got wound up in […]
It’s no secret that the healthcare industry and its highly effective lobbyists have played key roles in preventing systemic reforms that would prioritize patients over profits. A case-in-point is Carmela Coyle, a lobbyist representing the interests of 400 California hospitals located around the […]
Send a message to Governor Newsom: Give us California Medicare for All! COVID-19 has revealed the fundamental injustice of a system that restricts access to care based on whether you can afford it or not. Governor, lead the nation! Provide every […]
In the final moments of his presidency, Donald Trump let white-collar insurance fraud criminals walk free. Individuals he pardoned were alleged and convicted of a variety of crimes, including swindling money from Medicare, Medicaid, and workers’ compensation carriers. They include doctors, hospital operators […]
President Biden has boldly stepped up to the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic in a way the Trump administration never did. Lacking an overall coordinated public health infrastructure in the U.S., we can only hope the federal government will provide the resources necessary […]
Send a message to Governor Newsom: Give us California Medicare for All! COVID-19 has revealed the fundamental injustice of a system that restricts access to care based on whether you can afford it or not. Governor, lead the nation! Provide every […]