Monday, August 24, 2026

Tag: healthcare

Internal VA emails reveal how Trump cuts jeopardize veterans’ care, including...

The email said more than 1,000 veterans would lose access to treatment for diseases ranging from metastatic head and neck cancers, to kidney disease, to traumatic brain injuries.

Medicare for All returns to Congress as GOP pushes Medicaid cuts...

As Sanders and progressives reintroduce Medicare for All with growing support, Republican lawmakers propose historic Medicaid cuts to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.

This mental health awareness month

Simple actions in the present make it more likely that such services will be launched in the future.

‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital...

Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.

67,000 could die waiting for benefits under Musk’s Social Security cuts,...

Sanders warns that Elon Musk’s plan to slash Social Security staffing could double disability claim wait times and deaths, as Trump nominee faces Senate vote.

The healthcare system in Cuba

How a tiny island defies U.S. sanctions to lead in healthcare.

Judge orders health agencies to restore medical webpages removed by Trump...

A federal court ruling forces the CDC, FDA, and HHS to reinstate vital public health resources that were taken down under Trump’s executive order targeting gender-related medical information.

Winners of 2024 Shkreli Awards expose worst healthcare profiteering cases

Shocking profiteering in healthcare system continues to harm patients nationwide.

Bernie Sanders’ nine-point plan to overhaul America’s healthcare system

Bernie Sanders unveils bold plan to reform U.S. healthcare and address inequality.

With Israel’s destruction of Kamal Adwan Hospital, UN rapporteur calls for...

Some 350 staff and patients were illegally detained by Israeli forces, though most were subsequently released.

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“Moderates” Support Extreme Injustice

The label goes to candidates who back endless war and block Medicare for All, while a CNN poll now finds a third of Democrats calling themselves socialists. Scolding them as interlopers plays well with donors and nowhere else.
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Three-quarters of Americans would oppose a data center near their home, new polling finds

Opposition has swung 33 points in a year as utility bills climb, and more than 530 counties and towns have restricted or banned the facilities.
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The baddest, bloodlust bullies having a very bad year

How goonish egotism backfires, Befouled by self-inflicted quagmires!
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On September 2, federal layoff appeals move from the Merit Systems Protection Board to...

Ninety-nine percent of the 1,252 public comments opposed the change, and employees will no longer be able to take a final decision to federal court.
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Appeals court upholds order limiting ICE arrests at Quaker, Sikh and Baptist houses of...

The Justice Department never argued a compelling government interest before the district court, and the Fourth Circuit held that defense waived.