THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   With all its apparent advantages, why hasn’t California passed single payer yet? Is organized labor fully in the Medicare-for-All game? Do managed care providers – like Kaiser Permanente – have outsized influence on healthcare reform in […]

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   How is private equity affecting our healthcare system? What’s being done about it? How does our fragmented healthcare system affect patients, including people who have cancer? And what cues can healthcare reform activists take […]

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   How would single-payer, Medicare for All affect the experience of getting care? Would it make it easier to find and see a primary care doctor? And just as importantly, how much money could individuals and […]

  New Code WACK! episode Find us on Apple podcasts, our website or your favorite podcast platform.     Can Single-Payer AdvocatesOvercome the ‘Narcissismof Small Differences’?   Featuring Peter Shapiro,Healthcare Advocate & Author         Breaking News in Healthcare Reform   Snippets of […]

  “It’s not clear how much it would cost to extend Covered California to all immigrants….  “The immigrant policy center estimates that setting up the marketplace would cost at least $15 million. If the bill passes, sponsors would then need to secure funding for the […]

  “The change puts fresh emphasis on the need to improve ventilation indoors and stockpile quality face masks before the next airborne disease explodes.”     WHO Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It.   The World Health Organization […]