California Insurers Denied Over 26% of All Claims in 2009
Our friends at the California Nurses Association report…Seven of California’s biggest insurance companies rejected on average more than one-fourth of all payment claims in the second half of 2009, according to new data just released by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee and its national arm, National Nurses United. Read entire article…
Casey Interviews Michael Lighty, CNA Director of Public Policy | Show 221
Michael Lighty, the Director of Public Policy for the California Nurses Association, joins Casey to speak about healthcare reform and advocating for single-payer bills state-by-state. If you think real healthcare reform is important, you won’t want to miss his strategy. Click here to listen to the segment by going to the Nurse Talk CNA On Demand page. Read more…
Fight the Insurance Lobby…Tell Congress What YOU Think
According to Organizing for America, “The House’s first full vote on health reform legislation may come as early as this week. It’ll be the first time in more than 60 years that the full body votes on comprehensive reform, and we expect it to be […]
Health Care Debate, Sicko and Maggie’s Gig | Show 211
COMING UP…As the Healthcare debate rages on, Casey has a hard time keeping up and compares it to a horse race…Coming down the inside lane is Barack Obama riding “Can’t We All Just Get Along” and gaining speed is Max Baucas on “No Public Option” […]
Kim Kutcher Fights Blue Cross | Show 209
On the show this week, Casey interviews RN Kim Kutcher. Kim lives and works in Orange County and has been fighting her insurance company, Blue Cross, for 2 years. She needs back surgery to correct a critical injury (most likely work-related) and has been denied […]
Agitating for the Good
Dear Maggie and Casey,…I do love your show. Lots of good information and highlighting of practical health concerns and solutions along with the humor–the effect is to show that nurses are the go-to people in our health care system, that this is where we can […]
I Hope and Pray for Single-Payer Health Care
I hope and pray that this country wises up and gets single payer health care someday. But, I’m not going to hold my breath. –Listener, Paulette K.