Oxfam reveals how rich nations are helping for-profit health industry exploit poor patients
Development finance institutions run by wealthy countries have fueled "a free-for-all of private greed over public good," the humanitarian group shows in a new report.
Medical staffing companies owned by rich investors cut doctor pay and now want bailout...
“It should not be going toward rewarding executives or shareholder profits. Anybody actually coming in physical contact is taking all the risk, so that’s where the relief should be going.”
Americans pay almost double what the rest of the world combined pays for top...
“Millions of American families ration medicine to help pay the bills.”
After enduring ‘complete hell’ during pandemic, food workers face obstacles getting COVID-19 vaccinations
“Vaccinating our essential farmworkers will ensure the safety of their workplaces, their homes, their families, our food supply, and the vital services that they perform.”
A drug to treat a rare disease used to cost patients $0. Now, it’s...
"The egregious price set by Catalyst cannot be allowed to stand. Patients in America should not be allowed to suffer or die because of the greed of a drug company."
Offering treatment to drug users instead of arresting them reduces crime and addiction –...
Treatment programs rather than incarceration are far more effective for drug-related offenses.
A crisis of undiagnosed cancers is emerging in the pandemic’s second year
A factory worker didn’t want to call in sick or catch COVID-19, so she tried to ignore the pain. Now she has stage 4 cancer.
Superbugs killing twice as many people as government says
We reach more than 5,000 deaths just with resistant E.coli alone. If we add in the other resistant bugs we get to almost 12,000 deaths.
Shielding poor children from the looming food crisis
The war in Ukraine is causing further disruption to the global food supply and making it harder for the world’s poorest households to afford adequate nutrition.
The secret health care bill
If this shameful bill is enacted, McConnell and Trump – as well as every Republican senator who signs on – will bear the burden of hundreds of thousands of deaths