Tag: healthcare
Why do Europeans live longer than Americans?
Over a generation ago, in a more equal United States, no one had to ask that question.
What will be the future of healthcare in the aftermath of...
The pandemic has made us more prepared and strengthened the healthcare system against any future global crises.
On Medicare’s 56th birthday, activists deliver 125,000+ petitions urging Congress to...
"We need Medicare for All. In fact, we needed Medicare for All yesterday."
Sanders, Warren lead call for Biden to embrace ‘historic’ Medicare expansion
"Voters delivered us governing majorities and now we must deliver for them on health care policies that are not only urgent but wildly popular."
PPE may save human lives, but it’s deadly for wildlife
Welcome to the world’s new pollution problem.
Women’s pain is routinely underestimated, and gender stereotypes are to blame—new...
A new study has found gender stereotypes are particularly decisive in the estimation of patients’ pain.
Lancet report: 40% of US COVID deaths were preventable. The country...
One of the report’s recommendations is reforming the system to a single-payer model like Medicare for All, which President Joe Biden has so far rejected in favor of bolstering the Affordable Care Act.
Medicare for All the ‘only way forward’, concludes Lancet panel in...
“Trump’s disastrous actions compounded longstanding failures in health policy in the USA. We know what it will take to create a healthy society. We just need the political will to do it.”
‘Seems like a good policy!’ CBO shows Medicare for All could...
"A large share of Medicare administrative costs are tied up in tasks like eligibility determination... that would no longer exist in a Medicare for All system."
Inequality gone viral: The obscene numbers
Something has to be done to heal the rupture in the sickened body of our nation.
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The persecution of Steven Donziger
“Why am I the one being locked up? I helped hold [Chevron] accountable.”
The big lie in Rahm Emanuel’s Senate testimony
Now all eyes will be on Merkley – and other Democratic senators who profess that “Black lives mater” and that police need to be held accountable – to see whether they vote to confirm this tainted mayor and elevate him to a prestigious ambassadorship.
Greta Thunberg on climate promises versus actions
Thunberg sat down in her Stockholm kitchen to talk about what she expects—and hopes—will come from the global event.
What is the Peace Dividend strategy?
Tell the truth about our endless wars and bloated DOD budgets!
Louisiana deputy who slammed a Black woman on the pavement was named in multiple...
Julio Alvarado has been named in nine federal civil rights lawsuits, all involving the use of excessive force.