Lack of healthcare is a death sentence. (Common Dreams) In the first 10 Democratic debates, moderators asked candidates 21 questions about how they planned to pay for social programs like Medicare for All. Yet when it ...
An estimated 500,000 Americans every year are driven into bankruptcy due to medical bills or missed work from illness. A report from Gallup published earlier this month demonstrates the consequences of the United States’ exceptionally ...
South Carolina’s new Medicaid work requirement will force recipients to file a monthly report stating that they have been employed, searched for a job, attended training or classes, or volunteered. The Trump administration approved South ...
Americans experience worse health outcomes than people in wealthy countries that have adopted single-payer style health care systems. (By Andrew Perez, MapLight) As health insurance, pharmaceutical and hospital companies fight to prevent more politicians from backing Medicare ...
Investor-owned hospitals are leading the fight against the creation of a comprehensive, universal health care system. (By Andrew Perez, MapLight) Investor-owned hospitals are leading the fight against the creation of a comprehensive, universal health care ...
The Partnership for America’s Health Care Future has always opposed Medicare for All. But lately it’s been going after moderate healthcare proposals, too. (By Jessica Piper, The Center for Responsive Politics) A group of major ...
In a surprise move, the Senate Finance Committee struck down industry friendly amendments to a new bill regulating big pharma. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Jessica Piper, Center For Responsive Politics) The Senate Finance Committee advanced a ...
Slowly politicians are catching up with the majority of Americans who support Medicare for all. (By Tim Zelina and Frank Bass, MapLight) Twelve of the current 17 House members who cosponsored the landmark 2009 measure ...
A new report from the Sunlight Foundation documented 26 instances in which references to the Affordable Care Act were removed or altered on government websites. A new detailed report from the Sunlight Foundation claims the ...
“Based on our results so far in Arkansas, it doesn’t appear that this particular policy is accomplishing its goals.” According to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, work requirements for ...
The closed-door negotiations “reveal a familiar dynamic in Washington, where political parties don’t debate each other on policy as much as they mediate fights between corporate interests.” Progressive activists and lawmakers criticized House Democratic leadership ...
In a British-style system, the government fully owns, operates, and staffs all health care facilities. (By Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation) The role of government in the U.S. health care system has been contentious long before ...
“People shouldn’t have to crowdfund for their health care. We wanted PhRMA to have to face firsthand the toll their greed takes on Americans across our country.” (By Inequality.org) Day in and day out, American ...
A pivotal court ruling last week found that a health insurance company violated the Federal Parity Law which requires equal treatment of mental illnesses by insurance companies. Although addiction was classified as a disease since ...
The consequences of pricey pharmaceuticals are significant in terms of costs and diminished health. Close to 20 percent of adults report skipping medications because they are concerned about costs. (By Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia ...
“There’s just a lot of cost associated with the medical space, and it has become a very important category on GoFundMe.” According to numerous polls, one in four Americans report that the biggest worry they ...
This is how President Donald Trump played 4D chess and was able to eliminate Obamacare despite Congress’s attempt to stop him. After the late Sen. John McCain made his historic vote to save Obamacare, many ...
A collaborative investigation between the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) and NPR unveiled the extraordinary and potentially illegal lengths that pharmaceutical companies employed to boost their Medicaid sales. While Medicaid is required to cover almost all drugs, ...
Patient dumping often happens to patients who are uninsured or who have financial troubles. In Maryland a bystander recorded a patient being “dumped” in 30 degree weather. A Maryland hospital is being accused of “patient ...
Now hopes to repeal Obamacare have been rekindled with the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Amendment. (The Conversation, by Simon Haeder, West Virginia University. At the end of July, the nation held its collective breath as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ...
Drug expiration dates: hospitals and pharmacies are required to toss expired drugs, no matter how expensive or vital. Meanwhile the FDA has long known that many remain safe and potent for years longer. This story ...
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