Barbara Rubino

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Author Bio

Barbara Rubino is a practicing primary care physician, Associate Chief Medical Officer at Covered California, and a Public Voices Fellow on Public Health with The OpEd Project and Blue Shield California Foundation.

September 22, 2026

Emergency, emergency: keep Americans out of the ER

Behind the tense dialogue between actors in the foreground of the season three trailer for the HBO Max award-winning series, “The Pitt,” patients on gurneys line the hallway. Scenes of overcrowded, hot, uncomfortable emergency department waiting areas…