by Sylvia Moore | Jun 18, 2014 | News
Sometime in May, after nearly three weeks of sitting on pins and needles, I finally got my Blue Shield insurance card in the mail. I had paid my premium before the April 15 deadline, but considering that a) the insurance companies were dealing with millions of new...
by Sylvia Moore | Oct 7, 2013 | News
Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law By Sabrina Tavernise and Robert Gebeloff The New York Times, October 2, 2013 A sweeping national effort to extend health coverage to millions of Americans will leave out two-thirds of the poor blacks and single mothers...
by Sylvia Moore | May 22, 2013 | News
Dear California OneCare Supporters, I live at the northeast edge of the Sacramento Valley, one of the richest agricultural areas in the world, where the beginning of spring heralds an explosion of blossoms. We look forward to it every winter and revel in it until...
by Sylvia Moore | Jan 14, 2013 | News
Healthcare crisis: not enough specialists for the poor By Anna Gorman Los Angeles Times, December 15, 2012 By the end of the decade, the nation will be short more than 46,000 surgeons and specialists, a nearly tenfold increase from 2010, according to the Assn. of...
by Sylvia Moore | Dec 20, 2012 | News
Court ruling could cut California spending on Medi-Cal By Maura Dolan and Chris Megerian Los Angeles Times, December 13, 2012 A federal appeals court decided unanimously Thursday that California may cut reimbursements to doctors, pharmacies and others who serve the...