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The South May Suffer the Largest Share of Covid-19 Misery. Here’s …

WEBBecause of poverty and limited access to health care, African Americans more often have underlying health conditions — such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, obesity …

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Insurance Companies are Destroying New York's Home Care …

WEBImage courtesy of New York Caring Majority. In 2021, New York paid insurers $13 billion in home care premiums. The same year, insurers reported $720 million in profit. In 2021, …

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A Landmark Bill Would Outlaw Bosses Cutting off

WEBOn Wednesday, House Democrats introduced a landmark bill that would make it illegal for employers to cut off healthcare benefits to striking workers. The …

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Inside the Bitter Battle to Defend Workers and Patients at a Low …

WEBWhen Whittier Street Health Center unveiled its glass-sheathed, six-story, environmentally-advanced, state-of-the-art, new facility in 2012, it was seen by its …

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11 Statistics That Show Racism Is Entrenched in Our Healthcare …

WEB25 % of Black Americans live in an area with a shortage of primary care physicians. 243% more often than white women, Black women die from pregnancy or …

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Americans Still Want—And Need—Medicare for All

WEBIn fact, nearly three-quarters of all Democrats want a government-run healthcare system. Gallup also found that a record high number of people put off …

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“Crisis”: Half of Rural Hospitals Are Operating at a Loss, Hundreds

WEBA recently released report from the health analytics and consulting firm Chartis paints a clear picture of the grim reality Ryerse and other small-hospital …

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California Hospital Workers Strike, Fracturing

WEBMore than 700 employees of Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, a regional trauma center in California’s Sonoma County, held a five-day strike that concluded on …

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For Decades the U.S. Punished Indigenous Healers. Now the Indian …

WEBEditor’s Note: This story was originally published by Kaiser Health News.. Cheryl Morales started the medicinal garden at the Aaniiih Nakoda College …

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In Minnesota, the Largest Private-Sector Nurses Strike in U.S. History

WEBA recent article in The Nation noted that there were “76 strikes in healthcare between January 2021 and mid-April 2022 alone,” as nurses navigate pre- and post …

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Inside NYC Home Care Workers’ Fight to End 24-Hour Work Shifts

WEBIf the bill passes, any 24 -hour shift in the home care industry would be split into two 12 -hour shifts. This would overturn the current practice upheld by a 2019 ruling …

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How a Rural Colorado Community Self-Organized a

WEBBasin Health, which oversees Archuleta and La Plata counties, has since taken over, but Zink’s team pushed the region into the lead statewide, at one point …

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Chicago Nurses Are Going on Strike—And Management Is …

WEBOn Thursday, over 2, 700 Chicago-area nurses and support staff at Cook County Health (CCH) are planning to go on strike, the latest example of rising worker …

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$44,000 for Air Ambulances, Hour-Long Rides to an ER—The High …

WEBA decade ago she could have found an emergency room, if not a NICU, 10 minutes up the road at Lee County Regional Medical Center in Pennington Gap, Va., but …

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Workers Organize for Better Conditions After Air Quality Plummets

WEBDelilah Rivera went to work her early morning shift at Starbucks in Hamilton, New Jersey, on Wednesday like she regularly does, but soon noticed her asthma …

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Robert Reich: Why a Single-Payer Healthcare System is Inevitable

WEBThe best argument for a single-payer health plan is the recent decision by giant health insurer Aetna to bail out next year from 11 of the 15 states where it sells …

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The Left Is Under No Obligation To Support Hillary Clinton

WEBHis open racism and misogyny has pushed many on the left to rally, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, behind Hillary Clinton’s campaign. We share the disgust …

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$44,000 for an Ambulance, Hour-Long Drives to an ER: The …

WEBKulakowsky is deaf and says first responders misinterpreted her slurred speech as a stroke; the dizziness was caused by an inner-ear infection. Kulakowsky did …

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