by Sylvia Moore | Mar 23, 2011 | News
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...
by Sylvia Moore | Mar 17, 2011 | News
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...
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 21, 2011 | 365, Celebrity Ads, News, Video
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...
by Sylvia Moore | Feb 2, 2011 | News
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...