Sobering lessons for the AB 1400 fight can be drawn from the campaign as well as the case made for AB 1400, as currently it is legal for private operators to endanger seniors, particularly oppressed nationality seniors, disproportionately. Save Our Seniors Network (SOSN) is an all-volunteer network of individuals and organizations working to secure the […]
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Christopher Rowland Yesterday at 5:41 p.m. EDT Jamie Azar left a rehab hospital in Tennessee this week with the help of a walker after spending the entire month of August in the ICU and on a ventilator. She had received a shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in mid-July but tested positive for the coronavirus
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Over 100 Democratic lawmakers last week introduced legislation to lower the Medicare eligibility age to 60. There is one small problem that needs fixing, though: so-called “Medicare Advantage.”
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We speak with healthcare activist Ady Barkan, the 37-year-old lawyer and father who, since his ALS diagnosis in 2016, has devoted his life to campaigning for universal healthcare. He has continued to speak out even after losing his voice and now uses a computerized system that converts his eye movements to speech. Barkan is
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Journalist Bill Moyers once worked as the special assistant to President Johnson, where he witnessed first-hand the political maneuvering that resulted in the landmark health care legislation.
Bill Moyers On Working With LBJ To Pass Medicare 52 Years Ago Read More »
How dumb is it to tie people’s health insurance to their jobs? Just ask Steve Pelletier.
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Sonali Kolhatkar Independent Media Institute This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Activists in more than 50 cities across the United States marched and rallied on July 24 to demand a Medicare for All or single-payer health care system. With Congress and the White House more focused on
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By Emily J. Plympton Dear Dr. Ghaly, We are writing to you on behalf of Healthcare For All – Los Angeles to express our grave concerns regarding the conduct and efficacy of this Commission. Thus far, it has failed to produce any policy directives or legislative suggestions to support its mission of
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A new survey of 150,000 Americans finds private health care consistently ranks lower than public options.
Why do people hate universal health care? It turns out — they don’t. Read More »
I’ve heard a lot of confusion about the letter Governor Newsom sent about state single payer and waivers, and I wanted to clarify what exactly he said in that letter.
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