Obama’s Healthcare Reform Law One Year Later

It’s been a year since President Obama and the Democrats passed the most sweeping overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system in more than 40 years. Sweeping it may have been, but for millions of Americans, this law is still inadequate. Unfortunately, the...

Blue Shield Backs Off Rate Hikes…For Now

So Blue Shield finally blinked. On Wednesday, the health insurer withdrew proposed rate increases of as much as 86.5% on individual policies. This hike would have been on top of increases Blue Shield imposed on its customers in January and October. From the Sacramento...

Stanley and Betty Sheinbaum

Stanley and Betty Sheinbaum explain what single payer means. All the health care premiums go into one pot and from that pot all health care providers including doctors, hospitals, even dentists are paid. Single payer California OneCare is the health care plan that...

California Insurers Agree to Delay Rate Hikes

Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, PacifiCare and the last holdout, Blue Shield, have agreed to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ request to delay proposed rate hikes for 60 days. The first three companies relented last week. It took public pressure, notably from the...