Tag: health insurance
Biden’s health care plans could mean new changes to your health...
Biden’s health care plans could benefit millions of Americans, especially as the nation faces a potential second wave of the coronavirus.
5.4 million have lost their health insurance amid pandemic
“We have got to work together to make sure that anyone in America who is sick—regardless of their income or immigration status—can seek the medical treatment they need during this national emergency.”
In ‘terrifying’ indictment of for-profit system, 12.7 million workers estimated to...
“If we take anything away from this pandemic, it’s that health care should not be tied to employment.”
Health insurance companies could skyrocket premiums
The U.S. health care system is ill-equipped when it comes to a pandemic and citizens will be the ones to suffer.
Medicare for all would save money — and lives
One night a few years ago, my partner woke up delirious with fever, a bright rash, and joint pain so bad he...
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.”
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Make corporate complicity unprofitable: Gen Z campaign launches boycott of companies tied to ICE
As Trump intensifies immigration crackdowns, a new boycott movement targets the corporations supplying ICE with infrastructure, technology, and access to consumers.
Where’s the resistance to the Iran war?
A majority of Americans already oppose the war in Iran, but the bombs won’t stop until public opinion is converted into real pressure.
Democrats’ last major obstacle to defeating MAGA for good
If all Americans regardless of their political beliefs, racial backgrounds, and economic standing were required to serve together and learn from each other to achieve a goal as a cohesive unit, it could be what helps future generations heal from the division that’s plaguing our political system.
UNICEF warns child casualties are becoming catastrophic as evidence grows in Iran school bombing
More than 1,100 children have been killed or wounded across the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched war on Iran while investigations point to outdated intelligence behind the Minab school strike.
How accent discrimination reinforces America’s deepest divides
The American Southern accent reveals how linguistic prejudice reinforces classism, regionalism, and subconscious bias across generations.