Street Medics See Cuba As A Model For COVID-19 Response In Vulnerable Communities
Street medics like Dr. Armen Henderson see Cuba as model for responding to COVID-19, as U.S. government fails to provide health care to vulnerable people.
Joe Biden Tells MSNBC Viewers He Would Veto Medicare For All
Former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate, told MSNBC viewers that he would veto Medicare For All if he was elected.
Tennessee’s Healthcare Crisis: Bankruptcies, Closing Hospitals, And Medical Debt
The State of Tennessee is in the midst of a health care crisis, where its residents are struggling with debt, bankruptcies, and a lack of access to health care, while suffering from some of the highest rates in the United States of preventable illnesses.
The Biggest Moments Of 2018 In The Fight For Universal Health Care
Jonathan Michels and Will Cox look back at some of bright spots and darker developments in the struggle for universal health care that occurred in 2018.
What The U.S. Could Do If So Much Money Wasn’t Wasted On Health Care
It is almost impossible to wrap one’s head around the amount of money the United States wastes on health care. Here are some ways that money could be better spent.
Pittsburgh Votes To Expand ‘Amazon of Healthcare’ After Threat To Shut Down Hospital For Low-Income Patients
After University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) threatened to close hospital in low-income neighborhood, city council approved major expansion plan.
‘Medicare Extra For All’ Proposal Represents Tectonic Shift Among Democrats
A tectonic shift occurred in the Democratic Party. The Center for American Progress, the powerful center-left establishment organization which sees itself as the Democratic White House in exile, released their new “Medicare Extra for All” plan. In many ways, it is nearly identical to the Medical Insurance and Care for
If America’s Largest Companies Can’t Shop For Better Health Insurance, No One Can
Last week, to great fanfare, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase announced they will work on a new health care program for their employees “free from profit-making incentives and constraints.” The response to this announcement unintentionally produced some remarkably insightful conversation about American health care reform. What exactly this new
Paul Ryan’s ‘Cindy’ Is A Cruel Figment Of The Capitalist Imagination
Republican Speaker Paul Ryan, who has an estimated net worth of $6.4 million, wants people to believe an extra $58 a month will allow for “Cindy” to save money.
Trump Is Taking Advantage Of The Fact That Obamacare Was Made To Be Broken
Trump is trying to remove as many Jenga blocks from Obamacare, as he legally can. The problem is that Obamacare is made of Jenga blocks in the first place.