Sharp HealthCare nurses begin strike
Photo of striking nurses by Lauren Cazares Facebook page East County News Service Nov. 26, 2025 (San Diego County) — Thousands of nurses at Sharp HealthCare in San Diego began a strike today that is expected to last through Thanksgiving weekend. The strike is likely to impact hospital operations during one of […]
California Attorney General sounds alarm over state’s “health care emergency”
By Paul Levikow September 2, 2025 (East County) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta and health care activists from the nonprofit Protect Our Care California held a virtual news conference Tuesday regarding the “ongoing Trump-GOP health care emergency,” which they say puts 28 hospitals and 15 nursing homes at risk of closure statewide. Pioneers Memorial Hospital […]
COVERED CALIFORNIA OPEN ENROLLMENT THROUGH JANUARY 31
East County News Service January 11, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) — Access to affordable, quality health care is more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic. Californians can sign up for health insurance or make changes to their existing plans through Covered California during open enrollment. Open enrollment for health care through Covered […]
MORE CALIFORNIANS TO LOSE HEALTHCARE THAN ANY OTHER STATE IF OBAMACARE IS REPEALED
By Miriam Raftery July 27, 2017 (San Diego) – Over 3.8 million Californians are at risk of losing their healthcare coverage, if Congress repeals the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). That’s more than any other state, according to a New York Times report titled “How Many People Across America Are at Risk of Losing Their […]
MARCH 31 IS DEADLINE TO SIGN UP FOR HEALTHCARE THROUGH COVERED CALIFORNIA: PENALTIES KICK IN FOR UNINSURED
Update: The Obama adminsitration has announced it will extend the deadline for anyone who started applying online before March 31, but was not able to complete an application due to technical difficulties. By Miriam Raftery March 23, 2014 (Sacramento) – If you don’t have health insurance, the Affordable Act requires that you purchase it […]
READER’S EDITORIAL: WHY DID ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS BLOCK UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE BILL WHEN HEALTHCARE FOR ALL IS IN THE PARTY PLATFORM?
By Hugh Moore, RN, El Cajon An Open Letter to the California Democratic Party: June 13, 2011 (El Cajon)–I’m a registered nurse who works in a hospital that serves the disenfranchised and sees every day the damage that the lack of a healthcare system causes. So when I heard that the California […]
STATE SENATE PASSES LANDMARK BILL TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE TO LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS—AT ZERO NEW COST TO CALIFORNIA TAXPAYERS
4 local legislators take massive donations from insurance industry–and vote against bill June 3, 2011 (Sacramento) – Today the California State Senate voted 25-14 to pass SB 703, which would establish a low-cost health insurance plan to cover an estimated 720,000 people for premiums as low as $30 a month. If passed by […]