by Sylvia Moore | Aug 27, 2012 | News
Blue Shield, UCLA end long health insurance dispute By Chad Terhune Los Angeles Times, August 10, 2012 Nonprofit insurer Blue Shield of California said it resolved a lengthy contract dispute with UCLA and other UC system hospitals over reimbursements for patient care....
by Andrew McGuire | Mar 6, 2011 | News
by nyceve Dave Jones, the Insurance Commissioner of California is ready for a fight and so are the people. Keep your eye on Dave as the battle for single payer in California unfolds. The for profit health insurance industry is destroying lives in pay or die...
by Andrew McGuire | Feb 8, 2011 | News
The following are messages California OneCare received from a supporter, whose name we are withholding for their privacy: I am and have been all for this (OneCare). Starting in February, I am going in for treatments for my failing liver. It has been hell to get help,...
by Andrew McGuire | Jan 28, 2011 | News
Blue Cross CEO says providers must control costs, or else By Robert Weisman The Boston Globe January 23, 2011 The chief executive of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state’s largest health insurer, is calling on hospitals and doctors to step up efforts to...
by Andrew McGuire | Dec 9, 2010 | News
I was employed at Warner Bros. Studios for 37 years. During 27 of those years, I was either Chief Steward or President of the Warner Bros. Clerical Union. We always received the same benefits that the larger Basic Crafts & IATSE unions were able to get in their...