Category Archives: Health Insurance Reform

Celebrations: “Patient No More” Exhibit; Happy 50th, Medi-Care

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Adrienne

Listen (28 min) We take you to the opening of Patient No More! People With Disabilities Securing Civil Rights, an accessible, interactive exhibit celebrating the Bay Area’s contributions to the disability rights movement.  The opening ceremonies focus on the participants … Continue reading →

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Managed Care: California’s Dual Eligibles & Medicare Deadline

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Adrienne

Listen 29 min People receiving MediCal are currently required to use a managed care plan for health care.  Now, California is sending another large chunk of its poorest and most vulnerable citizens into the managed care system.  Those whose health … Continue reading →

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Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Adrienne

Listen 28 min “Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So,”  Mark Vonnegut’s new book takes up where his first memoir, “The Eden Express” left off.  Here are more adventures in living with a mental disability while working as … Continue reading →

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My MediCaid Matters Rally, D.C. & S.F.

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Adrienne

On September 21, activists led by ADAPT and 90 allied organizations rallied in support of Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) which is slated for deep cuts by the Super Committee on Budget Cuts– both Dems and Republicans.  Pushing Limits Producer, Marissa … Continue reading →

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Attack on Medi-Cal and Medi-Care; Hope Rises for a Single-Payer Health Plan in California

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Adrienne

If you don’t get involved, decisions about these live-saving programs will be made without you. LISTEN 29 min radio program   Republican Representatives Ryan and Toomey have each proposed plans to decimate Medi-Cal and Medi-Care, health insurance coverage for a … Continue reading →

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