What’s Up

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...

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...

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,...

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...