Action Alerts
Senate Health Committee
Hearing on SB770
“Unified Health Care Financing”
Author: Senator Scott Wiener (D-SF)
Wednesday, April 19 at 1:30 pm
State Capitol
1021 O Street, Room 1100, Sacramento, CA
If you can’t attend in person, testify by phone:
877-226-8163, Access Code: 7362834
Click for “Teleconference Instructions”
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“At issue is whether hundreds of major retail pharmacies across the country knowingly overcharged Medicaid and Medicare by overstating what their usual and customary prices were. If they did, they would be liable for triple damages.”
Supreme Court Looks at Whether Medicare and Medicaid Were Overbilled Under Fraud Law
NPR | Nina Totenberg | April 17, 2023
“UnitedHealth Group beat Wall Street targets for quarterly profit and raised its annual forecast on Friday, as the healthcare giant banks on membership growth in its federal government-backed health insurance plans.”
UnitedHealth Expects Medicare Membership Gains to Boost 2023 Profit
CNBC | April 14, 2023
“[Former Senator Max] Baucus slipped an earmark into the ACA that provides Medicare coverage for the poisoned people of Libby [Montana], even as he arrested the proponents of single payer health care who asked to be heard in the Finance Committee hearing.”
East Palestine, Libby and Improved Medicare for All
CounterPunch | Kay Tillow | April 14, 2023
“The letters asked whether consumers would experience interruptions in their coverage in light of the ruling issued by U.S District Judge Reed O’Connor last month.”
Top Democrats Ask Health Insurers for Response to Obamacare Preventive Care Ruling
The Hill | Joseph Choi | April 13, 2023
“…doctors and insurance companies could deny treatment and payment if they feel the patient goes against their religious, moral or ethical beliefs.”
Florida Bill Would Give Doctors and Insurance Companies Freedom to Deny Care to Patients
NBC2 | Dave Elias | April 12, 2023
“The biggest changes will be for over-the-counter tests, which account for the vast majority of screening in the U.S. today.”
Free COVID Testing Will Fade With US Health Emergency in May
Associated Press | Matthew Perrone | April 11, 2023
“In dueling decisions last Friday, two federal courts issued conflicting rulings about whether one of the drugs, mifepristone, should remain available.”
Abortion Questions Intensify in US Courts, Legislatures
Associated Press | Geoff Mulvihill | April 11, 2023
“Without policies like paid time off for illness, American workers face a financial burden to the tune of more than $500 billion….”
Working Sick: Americans With Long COVID Struggle to Make a Living
Capital & Main | Larry Buhl | April 10, 2023
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