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A Baby Was Treated With A Nap And A Bottle Of Formula. The Bill Was $18,000.
American hospital bills are today littered with multiplying fees, many of which don’t even exist in other countries: fees for blood draws, fees for checking the blood oxygen level with a skin probe, fees for putting on a cast, minute-by-minute fees for lying in the...
Charlie Munger says single-payer healthcare is the solution
by Andy Serwer, Yahoo Finance, May 7, 2017 Charlie Munger says that single-payer healthcare is the answer to fix the nation’s healthcare system woes. A long-standing Republican, the Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman acknowledges it is an unusual position for someone...
Pick Your 2016 Presidential Prescription for Health Care!
by Georgia Brewer, HEAL California, October 18, 2016 The election is almost here and it’s an extremely important one when it comes to health care. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, nobody gets to go through life without dealing with health care or health insurance...
Public Option? Another Red Herring
by Don McCanne, HEAL California, September 30, 2016 Background: On September 15, 2016, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Bernie Sanders (I-VTRead More), along with 22 of their colleagues,...
“Pig” Pharma & Prop 61, The Drug Price Relief Act
by Georgia Brewer, HEAL California, September 2, 2016 The panic over skyrocketing drug prices is growing exponentially. When it was mainly patients with rare diseases facing obscene price hikes for medicine, many Americans gritted their teeth and looked away, grateful...