THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Why do lawmakers continue to ignore the toll our broken healthcare system takes on us?  And what can we do, ourselves, to bring about change? What inspired single-payer advocate and mother Rebecca Wood to put much […]

        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 […]

  The U.S. healthcare system is so complicated, it's hard to figure out how much anything really costs.  If you're a patient, there are different charges for the same procedure depending on where you get it (in the hospital, a surgery center or the doctor's [...]

Action Alert!   CalCare Debrief Zoom Tuesday, May 21 at 6 pm  Next steps: AB 2200, Guaranteed Health Care for All Sponsored by California Nurses Association Click to Register     New Code WACK! episode Find us on Apple podcasts, our website or your favorite […]

  “…worker shortages, negotiations with health insurance companies, and learning to navigate complex billing and technology systems have hamstrung the community groups’ ability to deliver the new services: Now into the third year of the ambitious five-year experiment, only a small fraction of eligible patients […]