by Editorial Team | Jan 13, 2025 | Letters to the Editor
In her letter to the East Bay Times (Alameda/Contra Costa counties), Jonee Grassi says it’s a good thing the California legislature has come down on insurers for using AI to deny healthcare claims. Now it’s time to get rid of the middleman insurers who...
by Editorial Team | Jan 10, 2025 | Letters to the Editor
The striking contrast between responses to the recent murder of a healthcare insurance CEO and the death of Jimmy Carter prompted some reflections by Ellen Karel from the Health Care for All – Marin County chapter. She shared her thoughts in this January 9...
by Editorial Team | Dec 27, 2024 | Letters to the Editor
The recent murder of a healthcare insurance CEO prompted a deluge of public commentary about long-simmering problems with private control of healthcare cost and quality in this country. Dr. Henry Abrons, a SF Bay area resident and leader in Physicians for a Healthcare...
by Editorial Team | Oct 27, 2024 | Letters to the Editor
It’s Medicare open enrollment season for seniors and other eligible patients looking to cover their healthcare needs at an affordable cost. This should be an easy and safe process. Instead, the proliferation of privately managed for-profit plans spurred by two...
by Editorial Team | May 8, 2024 | Letters to the Editor
Dr. Kathleen Healey was moved by a story she read in the S.F. Chronicle on March 30, 2024 about an infant’s $97,000 air ambulance bill. In response she wrote a letter to the editor which was published in the Chronicle on April 4, 2024. Dr. Healey explains in her...
by Editorial Team | Mar 26, 2023 | Letters to the Editor
Dr. Henry Abrons sets the record straight about the savings Californians will see once we have a single payer financing system. Not only will we pay less, comprehensive medical treatment will be free at the point of care thanks to affordable prepaid taxes. He...
