Category: Legislation

  • National Nurses United Kicks of National Tour to Stop Attacks on Hospitals and Patient Care

    January 24 “Red Alert” Tour Stop at Glendale Memorial Hospital in CA Speech by Michelle Verne of San Fernando Valley Feel the Bern As nurses, we always want to lift up the voices of patients. So, here to share a personal story, please welcome Michelle Burn of Field… -> -> ->

  • The Sabotage of Single Payer Healthcare

    A Warning from the “Golden State” About the Corporate State By Scott Tucker and Larry GrossSeptember 7, 2025 Originally published on CounterPunch.org The United States: Failing In a Class by Itself How did this wealthy nation drift into the twenty-first century with such a backward and class-divided healthcare… -> -> ->

  • Trump Attacks on Healthcare in California

    Seniors will soon find out about their premiums rising beyond rates of inflation in 2026. Comprising 11% of the CA population, 4.36 million seniors aged 65+ are among the most vulnerable members facing these attacks on healthcare. In CA, while comprising 15.63 of the state’s population, 40% of… -> -> ->

  • Medicare for All Disappeared. Its Popularity Didn’t.

    By Meagan Day https://jacobin.com/2025/11/medicare-for-all-popularity-polling The demand for Medicare for All went from the center of the discourse to political exile in record time. But the policy’s popularity never faded. A new poll finds strong majority support for the neglected idea among Americans across the political spectrum. With Republicans… -> -> ->

  • US Domestic Policy Dashboard

    Explore how US domestic policies across all three branches of government impact public health outcomes. Track policy changes, funding decisions, and their real-world effects on American communities. https://www.impactcounter.com/domestic-policy When you look at the Project 2025 Administration in total in terms of impact on human lives domestically and internationally,… -> -> ->

  • A Call for Health Care Desegregation

    AMA Journal of Ethics, January 2023AMA Journal of Ethics ®January 2023, Volume 25, Number 1: E3-6Denisse Rojas Marquez, MD, MPP and Hazel Lever, MD, MPH https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/call-health-care-desegregation/2023-01 Continue reading here: https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/call-health-care-desegregation/2023-01 -> -> ->

  • Take Action to Stop Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”

    From a public healthcare standpoint, this bill will cause harm to millions. It will also consolidate a new level of fascist repression and may be the final undoing of Constitutional Democracy. Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, H.R. 1, narrowly passed in the U.S. House of… -> -> ->

  • CalCare incentivizes targeting of underserved communities

    Under CalCare, provider incentives for serving underserved and rural communities would be structured to address both workforce shortages and care accessibility gaps. While the bill does not specify each incentive in exhaustive detail, it authorizes the CalCare Board and Health Workforce Working Group to implement a range of… -> -> ->

  • Trends in Clinical Research Including Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Participants Funded by the US National Institutes of Health, 1992 to 2018

    Lan N. Đoàn, MPH1; Yumie Takata, PhD2; Kari-Lyn K. Sakuma, PhD, MPH1; et al Importance  Advancing the health equity agenda for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA/NHPI) individuals has become an intersecting priority for federal agencies. However, the impact of federal investments and legislation to ensure systematic processes and resources to eliminate… -> -> ->

  • Tell your Members of Congress: Protect Medicaid Coverage for American Families!

    Medicaid is the largest single source of health coverage in the U.S., providing necessary care for more than 72 million low-income Americans, including children, seniors, veterans, hardworking families, and people with disabilities. Some policymakers in Congress are considering cutting Medicaid funding that could threaten millions of Americans’ healthcare… -> -> ->