#CalCare

'We Must Pass Medicare for All,' Says Troy Jackson as 12th Maine Maternity Unit Closes in 11 Years www.commondreams.org/news/maine-h...

Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic. Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment. Doctors are left to walk a tightrope. (Published Dec. 2024)

Red tape. Low reimbursement rates. Delayed payments. We heard from more than 500 psychologists, psychiatrists and therapists who each faced a moment when they decided they had to leave their insurance network. (Published Aug. 2024)

Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. (Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

“The DSA will destroy the Democratic Party!” Meanwhile…

I introduced MediKids: legislation that would guarantee healthcare coverage for every American kid.   Here's why.

the reason we dont have medicare for all is bc corporations need employer based healthcare to keep you chained to your desk in a job you hate that doesnt pay you what youre worth

As Budget Chair, I worked to set aside a reserve fund to protect against Trump cuts and I will take on the Trump Administration every single day to restore funding and pass Medicare for All. Donald Trump's corruptions should never put American lives at risk again.