“I was, of course, thinking, ‘What did I do?’” Witter said. “The doctor said right off the bat it was nothing I did.” Then the bill came. Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News Sarah Witter couldn’t get a break even though her leg had gotten several. […]
“This highlights just how dysfunctional the system is, and it just isn’t working for patients,” Albritton said. Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News Kip Burgess was relieved last year when pharmaceutical giant Amgen overnighted him a $2,976 check to help pay for his go-to arthritis […]
Around the state, consumers with individual Blue Shield policies say they have been subject to sudden, erroneous cancellations, especially in recent months, forcing them to go without heart medicine, skip vaccinations for their children and pay hundreds of dollars out-of-pocket for other medical care. Chad […]
52 million Americans could be affected by the latest healthcare tripwire purposefully set off by the Trump administration, which is declining to support certain mandates that include protections for pre-existing conditions. In 2016, a Kaiser Family Foundation study estimated that 27 percent of adult Americans […]
“I’m sorry, our billing person is out for a few hours. You’ll have to call back,” said the administrator at the imaging lab. “Thank you for calling _____ Insurance. Our systems are down, please call back again later,” said the recording at the health insurance […]
Did you realize that healthcare costs have grown to command nearly 18% of the US gross domestic product? Yes! Like a cancer on our economy, healthcare costs are sucking us dry, folks. Aside from our never-ending wars, nothing is robbing our infrastructure and our future […]
When it comes to winning health care for the people, HEAL California believes victory will begin with a state-based system and end with federal legislation. There are countless examples of victories for human rights and personal freedoms that first occurred at the state level before being […]
Addressing inequality in healthcare is a cornerstone of Bernie Sanders’ 2015 presidential campaign. He has supported a national Medicare-for-All, single-payer type healthcare system for decades. In a 7/28/15 interview with Ezra Klein (Vox.com), he flatly states “Health care, to my mind, is a right of […]
