Tag: health care
Subsidies for private health insurance set to expire, costs expected to...
Without an extension, premium costs could double for many Marketplace enrollees.
Denying coverage with AI: CMS’s new Medicare model
Funneling money to for-profit companies by rewarding them for denying health care coverage through using unproven, manipulable AI models is not the answer.
Bernie Sanders condemns CEO killing, calls US health care system ‘broken...
The killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has reignited calls for Medicare for All, highlighting public outrage at the U.S. health care system’s inequities and inefficiencies.
The big union contract fights coming in 2025
The coming year is full of expiring contracts that could keep the strike wave rolling.
UnitedHealth reports $7.9 billion Q2 profits as protesters decry coverage denials
Protesters reiterated their commitment to fighting for healthcare justice, emphasizing the need for systemic changes.
The truth about Trumponomics
The MAGA agenda would make nearly every aspect of your life more expensive, while making the richest Americans even richer.
Arizona’s judicial shift: 1864 Abortion ban reinstated amidst contentious political climate
Is the reinstatement of the 1864 law in Arizona emblematic of a broader national trend toward restricting abortion access, a movement emboldened by the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision?
Medicine residue is everywhere in our rivers and lakes—and fish are...
"If people understand that what they’re using and washing down their drains are ending up at their local rivers, streams, lakes, they might think twice. It doesn’t just go away.”
Replacing the capitalist dream of AI-driven profits
When asked to share alternatives to capitalism, ChatGPT offered many options, none of which rely on the fantasy that money hoarding at the top can eventually benefit the rest of us.
The game-changing promise of an OTC birth control pill
The U.S. appears likely to legalize over-the-counter contraception—a critical step in increasing women’s bodily autonomy and economic independence.














