What can we expect in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic? If we simply go back to to the way things were, with the corporate healthcare industry calling the shots, signs are that we’re going to find a healthcare system that is more […]
The week in healthcare reform Our Weekly News Roundup brings you snippets of news and brief commentary on topics related to America’s failing healthcare system, with a special focus on Medicare for All and California. Newly unemployed, newly uninsured. . . . […]
Once again we see the complete inadequacy of “band-aid” solutions to our broken healthcare non-system. While our legislators tout “relief bills” they passed, patients who seek testing for COVID-19 often end up facing a crushing amount of medical debt, like this young […]
Congress has apparently normalized the practice of loading up bills with riders, which are provisions that have little or no connection to the stated purpose of the bill. Often these provisions have far-reaching consequences, about which the American people aren’t informed. And […]
The week in healthcare reform Our Weekly News Roundup brings you snippets of news and brief commentary on topics related to America’s failing healthcare system, with a special focus on Medicare for All and California. Many of us will lose our health […]
Coronavirus Cheat Sheet courtesy of HEAL California Knowing that many sources of information about COVID-19 and the pandemic are not always easy to find, the HEAL Team put together this “cheat sheet” for our subscribers. It is compiled from sources that […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has starkly highlighted the cracks in the U.S. healthcare system, especially with regard to public health and the social safety net. What if we had Medicare for All? Learn more in this commentary by HEAL California’s contributor, Mark Wrede. […]
There’s no question that in early 2020, while COVID-19 was slowly starting to spread through the U.S. population, there was a disastrous failure to test patients and track their contacts. What happened, and why? This Kaiser Health News article paints a picture […]
The week in healthcare reform Our Weekly News Roundup brings you snippets of news and brief commentary on topics related to America’s failing healthcare system, with a special focus on Medicare for All and California. “America is less prepared for a pandemic […]