Health

Coronavirus or not, AFP’s opposition to health care for the poor and working poor remains resolute.

We spend the hour looking at how the Trump administration has failed to account for what may be thousands of infections because of ongoing problems with access to testing, and how other countries have responded.

“Heaven forbid they miss a chance to bankrupt sick people.”

Robert Pollin, distinguished university professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, says the lack of universal healthcare in the U.S. is exacerbating the coronavirus crisis due to “the absurdity that people cannot feel confident that they are going to get medical treatment” when they need it most.

If Biden is going to be nominated, then Bernie and his supporters need to work hard to get the platform improved and make sure that Biden commits to the changes required under the platform.

It is fair to question whether the media has done, or is doing, a proper job of providing accurate information while avoiding the ratings- and revenue-driven temptation to blow the problem out of proportion.

In a country with such poor health care access and poor labor laws, hoping for the best is a recipe for disaster

“This dual use of the land adds a layer of efficiency that wouldn’t be there. You start seeing layer after layer of benefit, benefit, benefit."

We are joined by two epidemiologists to examine the response so far around the world and in the United States.

Trump disputes and silences the medical public health professionals and officials who are trying to save American lives.