Tag: National Single Payer

When Your Health Insurance Says ‘No’ to Your Doctor’s Orders

      THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   For many Americans, getting the right medical care isn’t just about what their doctors recommend; it’s also about what their insurance company is willing to cover. So what happens when those two don’t agree? And why can […]

When Insurance Cuts Eating Disorder Care Too Soon

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   In the United States, as many as 30 million people are affected by eating disorders, including many children and adolescents, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions that affect both […]

We’ve accepted this healthcare system as normal. Should we?

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Is it really normal that the health insurance we pay for often doesn’t fully protect us? It may be ‘normal’ but is it right? Millions of Americans face soaring healthcare costs, coverage denials, medical […]

Breaking Free From America’s Medical-Industrial Complex

            THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! America’s healthcare system doesn’t only hurt us in big ways – like forcing us to choose between getting expensive medical treatments or living sick. Or having to choose the ‘least worst,’ but always very […]

Sex Ed, Medicaid, & Abortion Access: A trio of policies worth fighting for

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Which states have received the highest scores in the rePROs Fight Back’s 13th annual 50-state report card on sexual and reproductive health and rights released in March — and why? And what specific threats […]

Criminalizing Choice: The Deadly Cost of Denying Abortion

            THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   How is America doing on sexual and reproductive health nearly three years after the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade? What are the real-life human rights consequences of abortion bans now sweeping across […]

Taking It to the Streets: National Rally Against Greed in Health Care

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Single payer is back in the spotlight with Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Pramila Jayapal submitting new Medicare for All bills for 2025-26! How will the upcoming National Day of Action on May 31st […]

National Day of Action: Single payer & the power of righteous fury

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Why is National Single Payer organizing a National Day of Action on May 31 amid cuts and freezes to public health programs? How has an incremental approach to universal health care in America made […]