Healthcare From Private to Public
By Rita Valenti. Originally published in November.December 2017 Vol27.Ed6 Rally, Comrades! rally@lrna.org Above photo of Moral Monday sit-in in Atlanta, Georgia by Joeff Davis. Nowhere is the chaos and insecurity of a society in transition felt more universally than in healthcare. Two distinct classes with opposing interests are facing off in a struggle that will determine the future […]
Solidarity with Marchers to protect the National Health Service in the UK
Today, thousands of people are marching to demand protection of the National Health Service in the UK. Health Over Profit for Everyone expresses solidarity with them. The human cost of the destruction of the National Health Service. By NHS Fightback in World Socialist Website. The thousands marching today in defence of the National Health Service […]
Reducing healthcare costs doesn’t require Bezos/Buffett/Dimon magic: Every other country already knows how
By Michael Hiltzik for the LA Times. Above photo: Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett, who along with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon on Tuesday announced a venture to bring down U.S. healthcare costs. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) NOTE: I agree with Hiltzik that we don’t need billionaires to solve our healthcare crisis, unless […]
Campaign funding from Health Insurance and Pharma
By Josh Finkelstein for Open Secrets. NOTE: Open Secrets is an excellent resource for finding out what industries and who is backing your members of Congress. This information may be helpful as you plan your campaign to pressure your legislator to support National Improved Medicare for All. – MF Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont hosted […]
Support Long Term Care as a Civil Right
The Health Over Profit for Everyone signed on as a supporter of the Disability Integration Act. Read our statement of support, more information and how to sign your group on as a supporter using the link below. The Health Over Profit for Everyone campaign (HOPE) supports Section 203 (d) of HR 676, the Expanded and […]
Which Path to National Improved Medicare for All?
By Margaret Flowers, MD for Health Over Profit for Everyone. State-level reforms for universal health care are laudable; they are not single payer. Two states with a long history of state-based healthcare reform efforts, California and New York, are hard at work organizing for state bills labeled as single payer healthcare plans. Other states are […]
The hidden health inequalities facing Native Americans
By Annie Belocourt for Indianz. Above photo: Tribally led wellness encampment in Wyoming. Photo by Gordon Belcourt (CC BY-SA). The hidden health inequalities that American Indians and Alaskan Natives face. I was an American Indian student pursuing a doctoral degree in clinical psychology in the 1990s, when I realized the stark contrast between my life experiences […]
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 fall asleep at night and wake up in the morning? If so, you may be suffering from mental illness! Mental illness is a highly stigmatized, life-long condition, that millions do […]
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 but eliminate bureaucratic waste, profits, and the expensive and preposterous ban on negotiating drug prices. In other words, get rid of Part C and Part D and absorb the extra […]
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 gap between rich and poor. For most people, a single doctor’s visit can be a financial obstacle course. Many patients throughout the year pay hundreds or thousands of dollars in […]