by Sylvia Moore | Jul 14, 2014 | News
The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby may have provided new ammunition in support of the fight to expand Medicare to all Americans. In a narrowly tailored ruling, the court’s 5-4 majority found that employers could claim a religious...
by Sylvia Moore | Jun 5, 2013 | News
Everyone knows having a bad credit score makes it harder to get approved for a car loan or a mortgage. But did you know bad credit could also keep you from getting a job? Even if what led to financial difficulty was thousands of dollars in medical debt? According to a...
by Sylvia Moore | Feb 23, 2012 | News, Video
The media narrative surrounding the recent uproar over a leading breast cancer charity’s decision (since reversed) to drop funding for Planned Parenthood, and the Catholic Church’s objections to new rules requiring contraceptive coverage, tends to frame...
by Sylvia Moore | Dec 7, 2010 | News
Healthcare activist Donna Smith of the California Nurses Association asks in a recent essay: of what value is private health insurance? The answer is, none. Private insurance by itself doesn’t provide the medical care. It certainly doesn’t make our care...