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COVID-19: Disinformation, Overwhelmed Healthcare …

WebThe first supplemental was mainly focused, that 8.3 billion, on aid going to the agencies, jump-starting the vaccine production or …

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Medicare for All

WebProf. Robert Pollin and Michael Lighty discuss the findings of a new study by the Political Economy Research Institute at UMass Amherst. The study finds Medicare …

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Is Health Care A Commodity Or Right

WebAny person who says that health care is a right or basic necessity but supports keeping the existing market-based structure is either confused or lying. The market model of health …

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Houston's fight to decriminalize mental illness and …

WebIn 2003, state lawmakers cut the funding for community mental health programs by $101 million. The pandemic added an extra layer of complication—now the state has more demand than it has the

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Nurses unions around the world mobilize against Big Pharma

WebThe Progressive International is mobilizing nurses unions around the world to take on Big Pharma and the governments they have captured. This story originally …

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Spain Nationalized Private Clinics To Fight COVID-19—What …

WebLast week, the center-left government of Spain announced that all private hospitals and private healthcare companies will be managed by the government until the …

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67 abortions in 17 hours: Inside a Texas clinic’s race to beat new …

WebAt Whole Woman’s Health in Fort Worth, it was a race to perform as many abortions as possible until midnight, when a new Texas ban on the procedure became …

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Kaiser workers win big after largest healthcare strike in US history

WebAfter mobilizing over 75,000 workers in a three-day strike this October, the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions won a new contract for hundreds of healthcare …

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American College of Physicians Prescribes Single Payer Healthcare

WebThe ACP is the first medical specialist association to recommend such a solution to the healthcare provision problem. The American Medical Association or AMA, …

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Ireland Vows To Treat All COVID-19 Patients For Free

WebThe Irish government nationalized its hospitals, imposed a rent freeze, and authorized state-funded childcare, promising free treatment for patients with COVID-19.

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Health Insurance Abuses Continue in Spite of ACA

WebStory Transcript. PAUL JAY On June 24, 2009, former health insurance executive Wendell Potter blew the whistle on private insurance companies as he testified, before the U.S. Senate Committee …

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'No Compromise on Health Care': Michael Lighty of National …

WebWith Senate Republicans dithering over the new version of the Health Care Bill, Michael Lighty of the National Nurses United says Democrats should offer no …

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Dr. Gabor Maté on trauma, addiction, and illness under capitalism

WebChris Hedges: Dr. Gabor Maté in his new book The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture, which he wrote with his son Daniel, argues that what …

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Healthcare Workers Punished For Challenging 'Profit Over People' …

WebThe US medical system's drive to maximize profit has always been at the cost of public health, and amplifies the danger healthcare workers and their patients face …

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Insurance Companies Already Know How They'll Profit From …

WebSo testing is one thing, treatment is another, and it’s estimated that in some cases, treatment for COVID-19 can be over $30,000. So insurance companies were …

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Healthcare Industry Has the Most Workplace Injuries but is the …

WebHealth-care workers in particular sectors, especially nursing home workers, are hurt more on the job than anybody else. An example of that would be in nursing …

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Debt, crowdfunding, or death: America's very broken healthcare …

WebA 2022 analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation found 23 million Americans, 1 in 10 US adults, have significant debt from medical expenses, at least $250, owing a …

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A new coalition demands healthcare and justice for East Palestine

WebOrganizations and activists from around the country are gathering in East Palestine, Ohio, this Saturday to raise up residents' demands for accountability from the …

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Deluzio introduces bill to protect health care of striking workers

WebSutter Health nurses and health care workers hold signs as they participate in a one day strike outside of the California Pacific Medical Center Van Ness Campus on …

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South African healthcare workers battle COVID and workplace …

Web“Health care workers and paramedics offer high-reward, low-risk opportunities to local street gangs or at-risk drug dependent youths to get cash and other services.”

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WNBA legend Chamique Holdsclaw discusses her mental health …

WebHer talent on the court and success in the WNBA projected an image of stability, but away from the cameras, Holdsclaw struggled with her mental health. On …

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Looming Eviction Crisis Will Endanger Public Health And Economic …

WebHousing advocates put elected officials on trial for failing to address Baltimore's affordable housing crisis, which has been exacerbated by COVID-19.

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