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A history of reform: Political pundits or patients?

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Ben Miller — 1 Comment ↓

Attempts to change healthcare are not new to this day and age. It just takes a minute to see where the trends emerge throughout our history as our country has tried to work on healthcare. For an exhaustive timeline of…

A new payment model? The push for single payer state by state

Posted on May 29, 2012 by crgonzalez — No Comments ↓

In case you haven’t been keeping track, the movement for single-payer health coverage has been characterized by a series of close encounters with success, only to be trumped by the narrowest margins of failing political will. The most recent debacle…

Tagged with: single payer, universal coverage, universal healthcare
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Improved Medicare For All Is Within Reach for the Golden State

Posted on January 25, 2012 by crgonzalez — No Comments ↓

California Senate Bill 810 (Improved Medicare for All) would create a single-payer health care system in the state of California.[1] On January 19th, the California Senate Appropriations Committee approved this bill, meaning it now goes to the full Senate for…

Tagged with: health insurance, Medicare, single payer healthcare, universal healthcare
Posted in Community, healthcare, Innovation

Healthcare and revolution – Who’s afraid of Cuba?

Posted on November 25, 2011 by NateOsit — 2 Comments ↓

I’m tired of hearing about the next new revolutionary drug that’s going to change the face of medicine. I’m tired of hearing about how the iPad is going to revolutionize healthcare. I’m tired of hearing about the social media revolution…