by Sylvia Moore | Jan 25, 2012 | News, Video
Why does the United States still maintain a bloated, inefficient and outrageously expensive healthcare system? The new documentary, Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, which is premiering at this week’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City,...
by Sylvia Moore | Aug 3, 2011 | News, Video
California OneCare board member and DailyKos blogger Eve Gittelson (known by her DK handle, nyceve) moderated this year’s Netroots Nation panel on healthcare reform. Held in Minneapolis, Minn., in June, Netroots Nation attracted thousands of left-leaning...
by Sylvia Moore | Jul 7, 2011 | News
In a previous post, we showed that health insurance companies are spending thousands of dollars of their customers’ premiums, not on medical care, but on lobbyists. But the insurers don’t stop there. According to industry whistle blower Wendell Potter,...
by Andrew McGuire | Jul 5, 2011 | News
by nyceve There is an immensely important vote on Wednesday in the health committee of the California State Senate. It’s a vote on AB 52 to regulate health insurers, and give the insurance commissioner the ability to review, approve, deny or modify excessive...
by Andrew McGuire | Jun 16, 2011 | News
by Shockwave The Affordable Healthcare Act of 2009 was (at best IMHO) a step in the right direction. The final destination? Universal and affordable health care as a right and NOT a privilege (single payer is the ultimate logical consequence, also IMHO). So what are...