How Big Pharma infiltrated the Boston Museum of Science
By Martha Rosenberg for Intrepid Report. Do you overeat? Did your boyfriend just break up with you? Does no one return your emails? Do you
Three ways to cut — and improve — Medicare
By Ed Weisbart in Stat News. The Republicans are right. We should cut Medicare. And I know how: Keep Medicare’s funding for actual health care
The US Health-Care System Increases Income Inequality
By Van R. Newkirk, II, in The Atlantic. Even with the Affordable Care Act, the premium and payment structure of insurance increases the relative income
Medicaid Recipients To Face Huge Paperwork Hurdles
By Margot Sanger-Katz for The New York Times. NOTE: Single Payer advocates have known for a long time that states create hurdles to lower enrollment
“If we lose our health care, we will begin to die.”
By Zoe Carpenter for The Nation. Disability activists are at the forefront of direct action against Trump. One morning last June, as Senate Republicans worked
Children in U.S. are 70% more likely to die than children in other rich countries
By Sarah Kliff for Vox. Above photo: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images. A new study ranks 20 wealthy countries on childhood deaths. The US
How States Want To Shrink Medicaid
By Jeff Stein, The Washington Post. NOTE: The attack on Medicaid, a very popular and necessary social insurance, heightens the need to fight for a
3.2 Million More People became uninsured in 2017
By Gallup. Photo by Margaret Flowers. NOTE: There are a number of important take-away points for National Improved Medicare for All (NIMA) advocates from this
Single Payer Could Stop the Rural Hospital Closure Crisis
By Frances Gill for the People’s Policy Project. Photo: In 2015, Novant Health made the decision to close down Franklin Medical Center, in Louisburg. Photo credit:
Millennials vs. The Mandate
By Brittany Shannahan for the Health Care is a Human Right Campaign, Maryland. Shifting the blame away from greedy companies and our for-profit healthcare
Alex Azar, Big Pharma Exec, to be confirmed as Secretary of Health
On Tuesday, January 9, 2018, the Senate Finance Committee will vote on the confirmation of Alex Azar as the new Secretary of Health. Azar has
Care Suffers as More Nursing Homes Feed Money Into Corporate Webs
By Jordan Rau for the New York Times. Photo: Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Memphis is part of a chain of businesses that produced $145