Tag: Medicaid

Can veterans really get better care outside the VA?

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!     How is the Department of Veterans Affairs becoming increasingly privatized and what could this mean for those who have served and sacrificed for our country? Is corporate health insurance better than the VA […]

The sordid financialization of America’s healthcare system

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Why have U.S. administrations from both sides of the aisle chosen to privatize Medicare and how has that complicated health care for patients? How do mega insurance companies benefit as a result? How much […]

Medicaid Expansion Making Diabetes Meds More Accessible To Poor, Study Shows

“In the long run, preventing diabetic complications not only saves lives, but it improves public health and saves public money,” said Dr. Michael Bush, an endocrinologist in Beverly Hills, Calif., and president of the California chapter of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. By Pauline […]