Tag: health insurance
To be sick and not rich
Any version of Medicare for All would be likely to cost less, be so much simpler to access, and ultimately save lives.
To create system that puts ‘patients ahead of profits,’ Sanders unveils...
"All Americans are entitled to go to the doctor when they're sick and not go bankrupt after staying in the hospital."
Children’s Health Insurance Program in trouble – funding to end in January
"We are unable to say with certainty whether there is enough funding for every state to continue its CHIP program through March 31, 2018.”
Selling insurance across state lines
Experts cited several reasons that the across-state-lines idea wouldn’t be a cure for high premiums as the president implied.
Repeal and replace: The true cost of repealing Obamacare
“Call it Obamacare, Trumpcare, just keep our health insurance.”
Donald Trump’s death panel
However ridiculous Donald Trump’s promises may seem, his pledge to protect Americans who depend on Obamacare, Medicare and Medicaid is a matter of life or death.
A Corporate Apostate
Not only did Mark Bertolini, corporate chief of the health insurance giant Aetna, increase the company's lowest wage to $16 an hour and improve health benefits, he publicly revealed that these increases aren’t as financially painful as other corporate conglomerates claim.
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Senator tackled and cuffed at DHS press event in LA as Trump-era immigration crackdown...
Sen. Alex Padilla was violently removed and handcuffed while attempting to question DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, drawing widespread condemnation and fueling fears of growing authoritarianism.
New study confirms glyphosate causes cancer at EU ‘safe’ exposure levels in lab animals
Even at the EU’s Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI), the study shows that glyphosate and its formulations have carcinogenic potential.
Rethinking climate action: A new guideline for planetary health
A new framework for planetary health reveals that our Industrial Age mindset—not human needs—is the real driver of environmental collapse.
Factory farms and the next pandemic: How industrial animal agriculture fuels global health threats
Zoonotic diseases linked to factory farming raise pandemic risks, but food tech innovations offer a safer alternative.
American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating
We do know that protests against ICE raids have been intensifying around the country for months, alongside protests opposing perceived power-grabs by the Trump administration.