Tag: privatization
AI death panels or cost control? Medicare pilot hands denials to...
Federal pilot in Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington will pay private A.I. firms a cut of “savings,” prompting warnings of “AI death panels” and the “very worst of private insurance.”
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.
Millions face delays as Trump administration ends Social Security phone verification
A new policy eliminating phone verification for Social Security benefits threatens to overwhelm field offices, cut off vulnerable recipients, and accelerate efforts to privatize the system.
Sanders pushes for Medicare expansion as GOP leader signals willingness to...
Sanders’ push to expand Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing benefits was blocked by Senate Republicans, but Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo signaled a willingness to discuss potential solutions.
No way we let Trump privatize postal service, say Progressives
Progressive leaders and advocates rally against President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to transform the U.S. Postal Service into a for-profit entity, emphasizing its critical role in American society.
How extensive is the privatization of security?
While attention has been brought to the privatization of warfare, the growing privatization of policing continues to progress globally.
Privatized prison healthcare in the US—profiteering at the expense of inmate...
Profiting from pain—the harsh reality of privatized prison healthcare in America.
The truth about privatization
The reality has been that privatization too often only boosts corporate bottom lines.
‘Privatization is not the answer:’ Grave warnings as Wall Street vultures...
"It should instead focus on basic services and ensure that every Puerto Rican has access to safe public water."
How privatization cuts us in two, while public institutions make us...
More profits for the privatizers, more health concerns and expense and disdain for the public.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.