Posts by Eileen Elliott

With Roe v. Wade now overturned, patients are wondering whether federal laws will shield their reproductive health data from state law enforcement, or legal action more broadly. The answer, currently, is no.

There is sooo much going in this summer and WVCAG is in the thick of it. Here’s the 12th edition of our Capital Eye newsletter to break it all down.

Last month, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2022 (S. 4204), along with 14 co-sponsors. I’ll explain what’s in the bill, what’s different from the previous version, and how the bill differs from PNHP’s Physicians Proposal for Single-Payer Reform (PDF).

he Biden administration is expanding Donald Trump’s Medicare privatization scheme that is forcing hundreds of thousands of seniors onto for-profit health plans.

Learn more about this program threatening both Medicare and National Improved Medicare for All. Tune in February 2 as Physicians for a National Health Program President, Dr. Susan Rogers, testifies before Congress!

Medicare Direct Contracting is a way to move all Medicare enrollees into a system that will enrich investors at the expense of enrollees.

In 2020, the Trump Administration launched a new policy “experiment” designed to privatize traditional Medicare. Sign the petition to stop Direct Contracting Entities from taking over traditional Medicare.

Suggested op-ed for newspapers, addressed to Senator Manchin concerning the the Build Back Better legislation.

“More than 30 million beneficiaries who have chosen Traditional Medicare could be assigned into largely investor-owned Direct Contracting Entities (DCEs) without the beneficiaries’ understanding or consent.”

Save the Date — Virtual Health Care Summit October 26-27. Register in advance for this webinar.