by Sylvia Moore | Sep 21, 2012 | News, Video
Back in July, I wrote on this blog about The Waiting Room, a new documentary that follows life inside a public hospital in Oakland. The film is finally being shown in California in limited theatrical release starting next week. Here’s the schedule: Santa Monica:...
by Andrew McGuire | May 25, 2011 | News
I am a cancer survivor who recently needed a biopsy of my cervical spine. As a retired registered nurse who worked at and had all my health care at a downtown Los Angeles hospital for the last 35 years I assumed that this would be done at my hospital. My insurance is...
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 | Jul 6, 2010 | News
From the Associated Press: CHICAGO – Emergency rooms, the only choice for patients who can’t find care elsewhere, may grow even more crowded with longer wait times under the nation’s new health law. That might come as a surprise to those who thought...
