Health insurance-related limitations on access to treatment, including provider networks, are no joke! The Valentine family were fortunate to win the attention of the media, because the bad publicity led one of the largest dialysis providers in the country to back down and waive […]
Worried that Medicare for All is just too much to hope for? Wondering if it would be better to take things “one step at a time?” Maybe a more incremental approach would be best? If that’s what you think, then you’d better think again. […]
If you’ve ever been denied coverage for medicine or for a medical procedure, you’re familiar with how that feels. The hassle-factor is off the charts, so feeling dread would be natural. But sometimes you just have to fight back. Read this article from California […]
Prompted by the $13,000 bill a patient received after being treated for only 5 hours in the Emergency Room at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Assemblyman David Chiu and State Senator Scott Wiener introduced legislation to protect consumers from such charges. But in the […]
In December 2018, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, TX ruled that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was unconstitutional. The basis for the decision is complex and worth reviewing. But it is the devastating potential impact of a ruling for the plaintiffs […]
When moderators on MSNBC framed Medicare-for-All as “government-run healthcare” during the first Democratic presidential debates, they advanced right-wing talking points and revealed implicit bias. HEAL California highly recommends NESRI’s authoritative, historical analysis of how insurance industry lobbyists and Republican strategists developed the language used […]
When it comes to change, maybe”incrementalism” sounds reasonable. Maybe that’s why many of the Democratic presidential candidates suggest a “public option” as a way to “glide into” Medicare for All. They have evidently not done the math. Adam Gaffney, President of Physicians for a […]
Surprise medical bills seem to be on everybody’s mind these days. Getting an unexpected and often very large bill after a medical visit is increasingly common, even as states like California are enacting strong laws to prevent them. Why is this still happening? Because […]
On Friday, June 14, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-30) announced to his followers that he was co-sponsoring of The Medicare for All Act of 2019. His announcement came after persistent and unceasing efforts by a wide variety of individual activists and advocacy organizations in the […]