Or that taxpayers footed a $7 trillion bailout of financial institutions during the foreclosure crisis. ... read more »

There are 570 dialysis clinics in California, including six in my Assembly district, but problems persist. ... read more »

The health care repeal that Republicans are pushing through Congress is a direct attack on the lives of black people throughout the country. ... read more »

A new report linking reproductive, racial, and criminal justice challenges facing Black women highlights what they stand to lose with a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). ... read more »

Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas speaks with Brandon I. Brooks, managing editor of the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper and the L..A. Watts Times Newspaper on sabotage of Affordable Care Act. ... read more / watch video »

Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas speaks with Brandon I. Brooks, managing editor of the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper and the L..A. Watts Times Newspaper on sabotage of Affordable Care Act. ... read more / watch video »

There was the proposed massive budget cut to the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the incessant rhetoric about a rise in crime in the nation, that lacked evidence to back it up; the threats of a renewed war on drugs. ... read more »

They promised to replace it with a plan that would cover more people and bring costs down ... read more »

The recent Congressional Budget Office report on the Republican healthcare bill, caused many to voice concerns about how it would affect their home states and districts. ... read more »

With the GOP congressional leadership in Washington forging ahead with repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), Assembly Democratic Caucus Chair Mike A. Gipson is calling on Californians to phone the Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, the architect of the GOP Health Plan and members of Congress. ... read more »

This threat is bad enough, but it will be even worse due to another grave hazard: climate change ... read more »

The first few days Donald Trump's presidency have seen what may be the beginning of the end of the Affordable Care Act, an average annual hike of $500 for middle-class homeowners' mortgage insurance premiums, a hint at a re-invasion of Iraq and a shift in the Department of Justice's effort to protect voting rights. ... read more »

Robert K. Ross, the foundation’s president and CEO, was one of the founding board members of the state’s health insurance exchange, Covered California ... read more »

Enrollees will receive free training and exercise tips from certified and celebrity fitness instructors and cooking and nutrition experts ... read more »

As we forge ahead, we look back at some of the highlights of the United States of America’s first African American president. ... read more / view gallery »