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Health Insurance Laws Have Led to a Grim Milestone for Young People: Turning 26
As the GOP erodes the ACA, people who reach the cutoff age hit an insurance cliff if their jobs don’t provide coverage.
Amid Hospital Closures, Many Rural Parents Have No Place Left to Give Birth
Doctors worry impending Medicaid cuts will force many pregnant people to drive hundreds of miles for care.
Food Banks Are Getting Into the Controversial Carbon Credit Business
Food banks in the Global South may sell offsets to stay afloat, a practice critics say does little for the climate.
New Jersey Wins Historic $2 Billion Settlement From Chemical Companies Over PFAS
A broad coalition of activists around the country has long been lobbying to ban toxic forever chemicals.
FEMA Tells Staff to Work for ICE or Risk Getting Fired
Trump has previously said that disaster relief should fall to the states and that he hopes to eliminate FEMA altogether.
DOJ Allows UnitedHealth to Expand Its Conglomerate by Buying Up Competitor
“Big Medicine will profit at the expense of vulnerable hospice patients,” one health care analyst said.
Senate Dems Investigate UnitedHealth Scheme to Slash Nursing Home Care Expenses
UnitedHealth brought in $34 billion in profits in 2024, far more than any other health care company in the US.
Medical Experts in Horror After RFK Jr. Pulls $500M in Vaccine Research Funding
Experts warn the health secretary’s choice to cut funding for mRNA research is part of his larger anti-vaccine agenda.
Dakota Access Pipeline Company Is Top Fossil Fuel Donor to Trump’s War Chest
Energy Transfer is battling a federal pipeline safety agency after being fined $2.5 million for a deadly accident.
Georgia Medicaid Recipients Face Glitches, Red Tape to Verify Work Requirements
Millions across the country will likely face similar difficulties thanks to Medicaid work mandate in new Trump budget.