January 2026

As Health Costs Soar, A Democrat Steps In to Shield His Insurance Donors By David Sirota Jan 26, 2026   As consumers get bilked so that health insurers can rake in profits to pay their shareholders and executives billions in combined stock value each year, one industry-backed Congressional Democrat is inserting himself into the spotlight […]

As LA maternity wards close, patients are giving birth in ERs: ‘There’s no system to care for these women’ By Mallika Seshadri Jan 26, 2026  

As House ACA Subsidy Extension Moves to the Senate, Trump Threatens a Veto By Wendell Potter and Joey Rettino Jan 13, 2026   Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives delivered a rare display of bipartisanship when nine House Republicans (against the wishes of Speaker Mike Johnson), joined all Democrats to advance a bill extending

Veteran San Francisco firefighter denied cancer treatment by insurance By Bigad Shaban January 9, 2026   A retired San Francisco firefighter and his family are pleading with San Francisco officials to intervene in what they describe as a matter of life and death.   Ken Jones, who spent 17 years as a firefighter in the

The Other Health Care Cliff Americans Are About to Fall Off By Wendell Potter Jan 05, 2026   In mid-December, members of Congress members left Capitol Hill for the final time in 2025, thus ensuring that the year would end with a failure arguably more significant than anything they accomplished during the prior 12 months: