For more than 120 years, the Little Sisters of the Poor have been serving the elderly of San Francisco by providing essential care at St. Anne’s Home for the Elderly on Lake Street at Fourth Avenue.
St. Anne’s Home to Close
Two SI Students Lead the Charge for Women’s Health Advocacy
How did two ambitious young high schooler students light up San Francisco’s most prominent buildings, City Hall and Salesforce Tower, to bring awareness to the unjust treatment of women in healthcare?
The answer: It was the drive and success of Sadie O’Leary and Sophia Todd’s Women’s Health Advocacy Club.
Commentary: Organizing to Win!
I met Don Bechler during the successful living wage campaign in San Francisco in the late 1990s. As a result, 20,000 workers received a raise in pay. Many joined a union. After that campaign, he recruited me to join the fight to achieve an Improved Medicare for All.
Commentary: Medicaid Better than Nothing
Nationwide, more than 1 in 5 people in this country rely on Medicaid for their health care. In California, where the program is called Medi-Cal, it is 1 in 3.
Press Release: Presidio Adds Low-Acuity Health Care Facility
A facility in the Presidio will soon become San Francisco’s first continuing care site for non-COVID-19 patients. Designed for those who need short-term medical observation or support, but not close monitoring or intensive nursing care in a traditional hospital setting, the “low-acuity” facility helps create space within San Francisco’s hospital system for COVID-19 patients.
Commentary – Barry Hermanson
After many years, I’ve come to believe that the leadership of the Democratic Party is the obstacle to achieving universal healthcare.
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