Healthy California Now
Diverse 501(c)(3) coalition of organizations advocating for single-payer healthcare, we need it now!
11/10/2023
State of Reform: "Newsom signs unified healthcare financing bill SB 770 into law" https://healthyca.org/state-of-reform-newsom-signs-unified-healthcare-financing-bill-sb-770-into-law/
17/09/2023
Schiavo’s Critical Legislation Sent to Governor’s Desk California State Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, announced that at the close of the Legislative session on Thursday, Sept. 14, seven key pieces of her authored legislation are now on the desk of California Governor Gavin Newsom.
16/09/2023
These Taft-Hartley funded plans for IATSE will crash without the hourly contributions and folks will be without health coverage. Let’s go SB770! 🤞🙏
Dire Impact Of Strikes On Chicago IATSE Local’s Health Plan Could Be The Canary In The Coal Mine The long-running strikes by the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA are having a devastating impact on union health plans throughout the entertainment industry. With a lack of contributions and a slew of c…
15/09/2023
The legislature has spoken! SB770 is on the way to the Governor’s desk! Thank you to the authors Senators Scott Wiener and Mike McGuire, coauthors, and supporting members for championing California’s commitment to Healthcare for All!
Senator Caroline Menjivar Senator Dave Min Lola Smallwood-Cuevas Assemblymember Damon Connolly Assemblymember Miguel Santiago Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur
08/09/2023
08/09/2023
California can lead the way in establishing an equitable, guaranteed healthcare system.
Authored by Senators & , is an important step
toward guaranteed healthcare - better care that costs less. Sign our petition at the link:
Petition: SB 770 - Healthy California Now Lives are on the line Support SB 770 to ensure California acts on single payer! Sign the Petition The for-profit healthcare system is killing Californians, but there is a way out. The Governor’s Healthy California for All Commission found that over ten years, a “unified financing” system could...
14/07/2023
Americans are ready for
14/07/2023
This is inexcusable.
"SF school district misses payday for 815 of its lowest-paid workers!
'It’s not their money. It’s our money. We were expecting it and we didn’t get it,' sums up Camelia Alcantar, a clerk at Guadalupe Elementary. 'It’s not like I’m working for some small little company. SFUSD is a big, reputable district.'"
Read more here: https://missionlocal.org/2023/07/teacher-pay-empower-school/
10/07/2023
🎧 Turn up the volume! 🎧 Our latest ! Podcast episode is here! Join Ian Lewis as he sheds light on the impact of single-payer on businesses and workers. 🏢💼 Don't miss this engaging conversation. Tune in now! https://tinyurl.com/5n6db2jm
10/07/2023
Are doctors feeling the burnout? Join us on ! podcast as we explore how Medicare for All could alleviate the burdens on healthcare professionals. Don't miss our conversation with Dr. David Leibowitz, past chair of Physicians for a National Health Program - California. Listen today - https://tinyurl.com/yc2b6kjf
10/07/2023
10/07/2023
Thousands of L.A. hotel workers are striking again The strikes over pay and staffing levels are affecting a number of major hotels near Los Angeles International Airport, disrupting operations for domestic and international travelers during the peak of summer.
30/06/2023
How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows. Insurers’ denial rates — a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care — remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
30/06/2023
This shouldn’t be happening over “some paperwork”. Now more than ever we need you to raise your voice and join our movement for .
Join us here: https://www.laborforsinglepayer.org/?source=fb
30/06/2023
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-often-do-health-insurers-deny-patients-claims
How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows. Insurers’ denial rates — a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care — remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
24/06/2023
In the death of an Olympian, Black moms hear echoes of their own crises The death of Tori Bowie, who was eight months pregnant, has been attributed to one of the most common causes of maternal mortality: high blood pressure.
24/06/2023
CMS projects personal health care costs to almost DOUBLE over the next decade. What will YOUR family have to trade for overpriced care?
Read the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service report at https://tinyurl.com/mw43u6tx
15/06/2023
We’ve tried this, and it doesn’t work.
03/06/2023
“A 12-page document reviewed by The New York Times instructs Allina’s staff on how to cancel appointments for patients with at least $4,500 of unpaid debt.”
“The policy walks through how to lock their electronic health records so that staffers cannot schedule future appointments.”
03/06/2023
03/06/2023
Clarifying a Few Points | Medicare For All Explained This is episode 99, “Clarifying a Few Points.” Do not miss this episode as host Joe Sparks explains why the free-market will always result in a market failure for healthcare and why the free-market will never provide a viable solution for healthcare.
31/05/2023
In honor of Pride Month, we’re examining LGBTQ activism in health care. How did the HIV/AIDS crisis devastate the community and what pushed many members toward militant activism? What can the Medicare for All movement learn from AIDS activists?
To find out, we spoke with Michael Lighty, president of the Healthy California Now, and former constituency director for Bernie 2020.
Listen today - https://tinyurl.com/59s6r5vf
31/05/2023
“Today, Medicare spends considerably more for an Advantage member than it does for a comparable enrollee in original Medicare Parts A and B.”
The program is “generating hefty income for private health insurers and keeping Medicare on a path to insolvency by decade’s end.”
31/05/2023
31/05/2023
In a major step toward groundbreaking reform of California’s healthcare financing and delivery system, the State Senate passed SB 770 on Thursday by a vote of 30 to 9. Thanks Scott Wiener Inland Equity Partnership HEAL California Courage California Health Care for All California California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) UNITE HERE! National Union of Healthcare Workers Health Access California IAMAW SEIU California
Onward to the Assembly
21/05/2023
The toxic brew of sexism & racism in American medicine | Heal CA THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! Why is it that infant mortality rates in America differ by race? Why are some American
Healthy California Now is a statewide coalition dedicated to establishing a single-payer, Medicare for All system in CA.
Our goal is to eliminate all barriers to care and liberate California from the stranglehold of the health insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry. We need a fair, equitable, cost-efficient healthcare system that puts an end to increasing costs, limited provider choices, soaring drug prices, surprise bills, and health plans that charge more and cover less.
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