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HIPPAA in a Post Roe World
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.
Read MoreWest Virginia Citizen Action Group Summer Update
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.
Read MoreAnalysis of the 2022 Senate Medicare-for-All Legislation
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).
Read MoreJoe Biden is Privatizing Medicare
he Biden administration is expanding Donald Trump’s Medicare privatization scheme that is forcing hundreds of thousands of seniors onto for-profit health plans.
Read MoreAsk Sen. Manchin to become a cosponsor of Medicare for All
Will you take the first step, and add your name to the official petition calling on Senator Manchin to cosponsor Medicare for All?
Read MoreMedicare Direct Contracting Testifying Before Congress
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!
Read MoreWe want to hear your WV Health Care Stories!
Hey all. One of the projects WV Citizen Action is part of is collecting West Virginia Health Care Stories. Over the next month or so, we’ll be lending a hand. So, please feel free to contact us directly (eve@wvcag.org) … to get the process started. Here’s a list of questions that will help clarify the…
Read MoreDirect Contracting: Quietly Handing Medicare to Wall Street
Medicare Direct Contracting is a way to move all Medicare enrollees into a system that will enrich investors at the expense of enrollees.
Read MoreStop Direct Contracting Entities (DCEs) from taking over traditional Medicare
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.
Read MoreSay It Ain’t So, Joe
Suggested op-ed for newspapers, addressed to Senator Manchin concerning the the Build Back Better legislation.
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