THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   In honor of Mother’s Day,  we’re talking about how our dysfunctional health insurance system affects moms. How far did one mother go to ensure that her daughter – born extremely premature – got the critical […]

      THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   With all its apparent advantages, why hasn’t California passed single payer yet? Is organized labor fully in the Medicare-for-All game? Do managed care providers – like Kaiser Permanente – have outsized influence on healthcare reform in […]

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   How is private equity affecting our healthcare system? What’s being done about it? How does our fragmented healthcare system affect patients, including people who have cancer? And what cues can healthcare reform activists take […]

  “…worker shortages, negotiations with health insurance companies, and learning to navigate complex billing and technology systems have hamstrung the community groups’ ability to deliver the new services: Now into the third year of the ambitious five-year experiment, only a small fraction of eligible patients […]

  “Instead of chasing people who didn’t pay — a costly process that often yields meager returns — Rochester Regional resolved to find ways to get patients to settle bills before collections started.“     Why One New York Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients […]

Action Alert!   California Assembly Appropriations Committee Hearing: 9:30 am on May 15, 2022AB 2200, Guaranteed Health Care for All1021 O Street, Room 1100, Sacramento, CA   Committee Assembly Member Contact Info (District) 916-319-2014 Buffy Wicks (Chair) (14) 916-319-2071 Kate Sanchez (Vice-Chair) (71) 916-319-2031 Dr. […]