Tag: prescription drugs
Worried sick about prescription costs
Drug corporations are bleeding Americans dry, and the proposed health care repeal will make things worse.
How two common medications became one $455 million specialty pill
After I was prescribed a brand-name drug I didn’t need and given a coupon to cover the out-of-pocket costs, I discovered another reason Americans pay too much for health care.
Major breakthrough on Capitol Hill: Government may make drugs cheaper
Democrats are embracing a way in which the market can be used to better people’s health and reduce inequality.
New Year’s Resolutions: Ten Ways to Combat Upward Redistribution of Income
The one percent pretend that their good fortune was the result of the natural workings of the market. Is it possible to change the structure of the market so that money doesn’t continue to flow upward?
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MAGA’s nightmare cult embodies the manic venom of old-time religion without the good
Like religious fundamentalism, MAGA Trump broaches no dissent, indeed feeds upon opposition to justify undeserved privileges, dividing the world between the saved and sinful deserving punishment.
Lawmakers move to block Trump from dragging US into war with Iran amid Israeli...
As Israel intensifies strikes on Iran, Democratic and Republican lawmakers introduce legislation to restrain Trump from launching unauthorized military action.
Senate GOP deepens Medicaid cuts to fund Trump tax breaks as healthcare losses mount
Republicans propose harsher work requirements, provider tax reductions, and new co-pays that threaten millions of low-income Americans’ access to care.
5 million reject Trump’s militarism with No Kings protests as immigration raids expand
Nationwide demonstrations denounce authoritarianism, ICE crackdowns, and Trump’s $45 million military parade while calling for sustained resistance.
Blaming the poor while the rich sneak off with the welfare
Republicans say they only want to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. To do this they're wasting lives, defrauding their constituents, and abusing the privilege of leadership.