Medicare for All: As healthcare costs soar, momentum grows to guarantee healthcare for all...
Over the summer the groups formed a partnership to fight the growing support for expanding Medicare.
Insurance executives refused to pay for the cancer treatment that could have saved him....
A Michigan law requires coverage of cancer drugs. One insurer came up with a “defensible” way to avoid paying for treatments that offered Forrest VanPatten his last chance for survival. “We crossed the line,” says a former executive.
Coca Cola is promising $1 million for a healthy replacement to sugar
Coca Cola launched the competition using the crowd-sourcing platform HeroX, and according to their website they are seeking “a naturally sourced, safe, low- or no-calorie compound that creates the taste sensation of sugar when used in beverages.”
Tribes mount organized responses to COVID-19, in contrast to state and federal governments
The story of inequity is imbued with dispossession of lands and is met with organizing from the inside: two crucial points for untangling and responding to COVID-19.
In North Carolina, pigs don’t fly, but their feces do
Something is rotten in North Carolina.
Choosing life in a pro-violence society
Post-Dobbs abortion access for military dependents is in question.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.
Jury finds Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer contributed to man’s cancer
“Although the evidence that Roundup causes cancer is quite equivocal, there is strong evidence from which a jury could conclude that Monsanto does not particularly care whether its product is in fact giving people cancer..."
First pet treats made with lab-grown meat could ‘feed pets forever’ without harming animals
The meat alternative is said to have all the vitamins, minerals, essential amino and fatty acids necessary for healthy pets.
Scientists confirm reusable containers safe to use during coronavirus pandemic
"Based on the best available science and guidance from public health professionals, it is clear that reusable systems can be used safely by employing basic hygiene."