After dipping our toes into California’s healthcare solution “Covered California,” Steve Larchuk interviews political cartoonist Rob Rogers.
Ep17: Political Cartoonist Rob Rogers, plus California single payer
Tag: health care reform
Blog: California is on the Verge of Adopting Its Own Healthcare Plan
California, our most populous state and the 6th most powerful economy in the world (between the UK and France), is on the verge of adopting […]
Blog: “Repeal and Replace” Was Always A Lie
Sooooo, we have the Congressional Budget Office report on TrumpCare 2.0 – no wonder the House Republicans wanted to rush to vote and do a […]
Ep15: Back to the bad old days? – Wendell Potter
Today’s guest is Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry executive who turned to educating lawmakers and the general public on how health insurance companies […]
Blog: California Pushes Ahead With Its Own Single Payer Health Plan
While Congress dithers, or worse, on its march to gut the national health care system in order to fund a tax cut for the wealthy, […]
Ep13: School Nurses On The Front Line – Beth Matey Nat’l Assn Sch Nurses
In this episode Steve Larchuk talks with the President of the National Association of School Nurses, Beth Matey about the roles that school nurses play […]
Blog: ACA Repeal Will Leave Millions in Healthcare Industry Unemployed
Among the outrageous effects of the House proposal to repeal the ACA, is that it is a massive job killer. According to the Kaiser Foundation, […]
Ep12: 10 Interviews with Trump Supporters at 100 Day Rally
Steve Larchuk interviews President Trump’s supporters attending his first 100 days rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to get their perspective on how the government should tackle […]
Blog: #HPSL at Trump’s 100 Days Rally
Heading to Harrisburg on Saturday with my trusty digital recorder to interview some of the President’s supporters at the Trump 100 Days Rally, for broadcast on Monday’s “HealthCare Politics with […]
Blog: Trump, Mobster-in-Chief?
Having been flattered by those who applauded the launching of 59 Tomahawk missiles against a nearly vacant airfield in Syria, the President now believes that […]
Ep7: Unions Supporting Medicare for All – Chuck Jones Local 1199
Chuck Jones, President of Steelworkers Local 1199 and the head of the Indianapolis Carrier plant union, joins us to reflect on his fifteen minutes of […]
Blog: The Art of the Scam
It sounds like the President has capitulated to the extreme right and will delete the essential benefits requirements from all health insurance plans. It would […]
Ep 6: Opioid Politics – Dr. Bruce Tigg
Dr. Ann-Elizabeth McGeary leads a chat with addiction specialist Dr. Bruce Trigg on how the opioid epidemic sweeping the nation has evolved and what we […]
Blog: Who Needs “Game of Thrones”?
Who needs “Game of Thrones” when we have the War on the Potomac? Speaker Ryan is doing his best to chain the President to his […]
Ep5: Dissecting TrumpCare – Steve Larchuk
We discuss how American healthcare has changed since Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010, uninsured individuals, the uncompensated care […]
Blog: Salute to Women, Lead Us in Health Care
Actions speak louder than words. The actions of the President and Speaker Ryan scream “We are clueless” about health care and the roles of women, […]
Ep4: Unions for Single Payer – Kay Tillow
Let’s discuss the growing coalition of unions in support of HR 676 and Medicare expansion, with Kay Tillow Director of Unions for Single Payer. —————————————————————————————————— […]
Blog: RyanCare, Killing Us Slowly
With the radioactive fallout from the President’s latest Twit-Fit swirling, Speaker Ryan finally released the text of the House leadership’s version of repeal and replace […]
Ep3: PPACA and Public Health – Dr. Walter Tsou
Dr. Walter Tsou, past president of the American Public Health Association and former health commissioner of Philadelphia, talks with host Steve Larchuk about the state of […]
Blog: Trump, “Nobody Knew Health Care Could Be So Complicated”
At this point, nothing this President says surprises us. We are numb to it. We are resigned to four years of this purgatory. “Nobody knew.” […]
Ep2: Health care justice and the Vote – Jason Kander
Jason Kander is a young up-and-comer in progressive politics who has all of the tools to make an impression on a Democratic Party looking for […]
Ep1: 100 Reasons Medicare 4 All Works 4 All Americans
Healthcare Politics With Steve Larchuk hit the ground running with a hectic effort to read all 100 of Steve’s “#100Reasons Medicare for All is Right […]
Blog: A Civil Debate
Circle February 8, 2017 as the day when the health care debate really started in America. Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Ted Cruz of […]