HOW do we start rebuilding our lives and our nation amid the continued threat of the coronavirus pandemic, more than nine months after it has become a health emergency around the world? Here is what the two candidates for commander-in-chief have to say. Donald Trump’s plan is “Let’s Go Back,” while Joe Biden wants to…
HEALTH CARE, more than ever, especially in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, remains to be the among the top concerns of the American people as we head to the polls to vote. In Part 1, I wrote about President Donald Trump’s “America First Health Care Plan,” which just laid out the three pillars of…
by Anna B. Ibarra SACRAMENTO, Calif. — What do hip-hop dancing and health insurance have in common? For one, you sure do hope that the break dancer busting backflips is covered. Beyond that, Covered California, the state’s Obamacare health insurance exchange, is betting that one will bring attention to the other. So, on a stage…
by Rachel Bluth More Americans are now employed in health care than in any other industry. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which tallies job creation, says that for most of this year the health sector outpaced the retail industry. Only government, on all levels, employs more people. One of the consistent features of the BLS…
A recent survey by private health insurance exchange EHealth highlights the increasing pressure and frustration felt by American families over medical bills. The survey found that more than 6 in 10 people say they’re more worried about the financial effect of expensive medical emergencies and paying for healthcare, than about funding for their retirement or…
