Health Care Reform
CFC Supports AB 2578 (Jones) – Regulating Insurance Rates
Unlike auto insurers who are required to seek prior approval from the Department of Insurance before increasing auto insurance rates, HMOs and health insurers have no similar requirement…AB 2578 will give the state a powerful tool to control unabated rate increases from HMOs and health insurers. Read More ›
CFC Supports SB 1237 (Padilla) – Monitoring of Overradiation
One-time instances of overradiation may be difficult to detect without proper documentation of the dosage administered, and for this reason and others, it is critical that SB 1237 becomes law.
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CFC Supports SB 810 (Leno) – A “Medicare for All” , Single Payer System
AB 810 would guarantee comprehensive health care benefits to every California resident and streamline claims and reimbursements, which will save billions of dollars in health care administrative costs. Read More ›
“Health Reform: The Year Of The Schlemiels”, By the CFC’s Richard Holober
by Richard Holober, Consumer Federation of California, California Progress Report
Bungling Democrats should acknowledge they lost the fight for the support of the people on health care reform. The sooner they flee this field of battle, and move on to issues that re-connect them with the mood of America, the better their chances to salvage the mid-term elections. Read More ›
CFC Opposes AB 822 (Fletcher) – Weakens Acute Care Consumer Protections
AB 822 would play havoc with this staffing system, and empower hospitals to easily downgrade a patient’s status from critical to acute as a cost saving measure. It would make enforcement more difficult, as mixed units would be impossible to classify in terms of the required staffing ratios. Read More ›
Senate Bill Proclaims Health Care Is Not a Right; It’s a Business Where the Customer Gets Fleeced
by Richard Holober, Consumer Federation of California, California Progress Report
Wall Street knows a gold mine when it sees one, and it likes what it saw in the Senate health care bill. Health insurance company stocks soared to an 18 month high the day the Democrats reached the magic 60 votes needed for passage of its overhaul bill. Read More ›
KPFA Show on Single Payer
Listen to an outstanding, in depth discussion on KPFA Radio about single payer health care, especially Sheila Kuehl’s SB 840. Read More ›