Thursday, December 4, 2025

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.

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Republican bill seeks to eliminate dual citizenship and force Americans to choose

A new proposal from Sen. Bernie Moreno would require millions of Americans to renounce either their U.S. citizenship or their foreign citizenship within one year.

Apocalypse soon?

Returning a final time to Cheyenne Mountain.

Republicans shaken after narrow win in deep red Tennessee district

A narrow Republican win in a Trump +22 district exposes voter anger over costs, healthcare, and abortion ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Trump DOJ backs Bayer in Supreme Court fight over Roundup cancer lawsuits

A move by the administration aligns federal power with pesticide manufacturers as thousands of cancer patients fight for their day in court.

How Trump fueled an affordability crisis

While everyday Americans struggle, Trump prefers to party with the rich.