THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   In honor of Mother’s Day,  we’re talking about how our dysfunctional health insurance system affects moms. How far did one mother go to ensure that her daughter – born extremely premature – got the critical […]

      THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   With all its apparent advantages, why hasn’t California passed single payer yet? Is organized labor fully in the Medicare-for-All game? Do managed care providers – like Kaiser Permanente – have outsized influence on healthcare reform in […]

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   How is private equity affecting our healthcare system? What’s being done about it? How does our fragmented healthcare system affect patients, including people who have cancer? And what cues can healthcare reform activists take […]

Action Alert!   California Assembly Appropriations Committee Hearing: 9:30 am on May 15, 2022AB 2200, Guaranteed Health Care for All1021 O Street, Room 1100, Sacramento, CA   Committee Assembly Member Contact Info (District) 916-319-2014 Buffy Wicks (Chair) (14) 916-319-2071 Kate Sanchez (Vice-Chair) (71) 916-319-2031 Dr. […]

  “…for millions of new parents, medical debt is now as much a hallmark of having children as long nights and dirty diapers.“     Their First Baby Came With Medical Debt. These Illinois Parents Won’t Have Another.   JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Heather Crivilare was […]

  “Switching to a 240-mg dosage could register a huge hit to Amgen’s revenue. The company markets the drug at more than $20,000 for a month of 960-mg daily doses. Each patient who could get by with a quarter of that would trim the company’s […]