Action Alerts

 

Webinar: Register Here (required)

 

Best Care in the US: 

What National Single Payer Activists 

Need to Know About VA Health Care

 

Thursday, March 16

8 pm ET, 5 pm PT

Sponsored by National Single Payer

 

Featured Speakers: 

• • • • Lakiesha Lloyd (Common Defense),

      • Bruce Carruthers (Veterans for Peace),

      • Suzanne Gordon (Senior Policy Fellow at the Veterans’ Health Care Policy Institute), and

      • Dr. Jim Martin (emergency medicine physician, James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center).

 

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Rally at Congressman
Kevin McCarthy’s Office

 

National Day of Action

to protect, improve and expand 

Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security

 

Click here for event flyer with more details

Click here for free bus signup

 

Friday, March 17

Action starts at 12:30 pm 

Sponsored by California Alliance for Retired Americans

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Webinar: Register Here (required)

 

America’s Ongoing
Public Health Emergency

 

Thursday, March 23

9 pm ET, 8 pm CT, 7 pm MT, 6 pm PT

Sponsored by PNHP

 

Featuring Dr. Farzon Nahvi (PNHP NY Metro)

 Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (Former Health Director, City of Detroit)

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Save the Date

 

Weekend of Action

 

Canvassing Event 

 

Click link above to find actions in your area

Saturday & Sunday, March 25 & 26

Sponsored by CalCare

 

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Breaking News in Healthcare Reform

 

Snippets of news & commentary with a special focus on

health policy, Medicare for All & California

 

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“…this is about cuts. … It’s not reform; they’re major, major cuts.”

Social Security, Medicare Clash Comes Down to What Constitutes a ‘Cut’

The Hill | Mike Lillis | March 6, 2023

“In reality, the type of care you get in Medi-Cal depends on where you live and which insurer provides your benefits.”

California’s Massive Medicaid Program Works for Some, But Fails Many Others

Kaiser Health News | Angela Hart, Bernard J. Wolfson | March 2, 2023

“For many, the family home is the most valuable asset, and heirs wind up selling it to settle the Medicaid bill.”

After People on Medicaid Die, Some States Aggressively Seek Repayment from Their Estates

Kaiser Health News | Tony Leys | March 2, 2023

“Health insurers’ margins in Medicare Advantage were more than double those seen in other markets in 2021….”

Medicare Advantage Yielded Strongest Margins for Insurers, Study Finds

Axios | Arielle Dreher, Tina Reed | March 1, 2023

“Ontrak Chairman and CEO Terren Peizer sold more than $20 million of Ontrak stock between May and August 2021 while in possession of material non-public negative information related to the company’s largest customer….”

US Authorities Charge Healthcare Company Ontrak’s Boss with Insider Trading

Reuters | Douglas Gillison, Kanishka Singh | March 1, 2023

“In an unusual twist of the U.S.’ separate and unequal health system favoring the wealthy…the state and federal government are the main funders of these early psychosis clinics…But commercial insurance companies, like Anthem or Blue Shield…don’t have the incentive to cover full-scope psychosis treatment.””

Proven Schizophrenia Treatments Keep People in School, at Work and off the Street. Why Won’t Insurance Companies Cover Them?

KQED | April Dembosky | March 1, 2023

“The move puts the drugmaker in line with a popular provision in the Inflation Reduction Act that capped the medication’s cost for seniors on Medicare.”

Drugmaker Eli Lilly Caps the Cost of Insulin at $35 a Month, Bringing Relief for Millions

NBC | Berkeley Lovelace Jr. | March 1, 2023

“The Department of Justice … alleges that UPMC knowingly allowed Luketich to continue these practices to increase surgical volume and maximize UPMC’s revenue. Luketich is … one of UPMC’s highest sources of revenue.”

UPMC, Top Surgeon Pay $8.5M to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit Over Simultaneous Surgeries

Healthcare Dive | Rebecca Pifer | February 28, 2023

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