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One-Man Show “Mercy Killers” Reveals Dark Side of Health Care System
With 60 percent of bankruptcies caused by medical bills, performer Michael Milligan joins the host to discuss his new play “Mercy Killers.”
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Are We Getting Enough Bang for Our Health Care Buck? Hardly
The US healthcare system costs each of us about twice as much as those in other wealthy countries.
Obamacare Subsidies on the Line
Dean Baker and Jeremy Holden discuss two federal courts decisions which could disqualify lower and middle income earners for subsidies and the forces working to dismantle Obamacare.
Supreme Court Backs Hobby Lobby – and Corporate Personhood
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the government may not require certain businesses to provide their employees with health insurance that covers contraception which offends the owner's religious beliefs.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Intelligence Agencies Say They’re Too Big to Follow Regulations, and More
What do we do when an intelligence agency says they're too big to follow regulations?
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Look Ma: No Teeth… No Future!
So few of us will demand to have government do what governments were actually set up to accomplish: be our safety net when troubles arise.
Single Payer Advocates: How Do We Defeat Health Care for Profit?
The US is one of few industrialized countries which doesn't offer universal healthcare to its citizens.
In Georgia, Lawmakers Taking Pride in Policies That Hurt the Poor
Georgia has taken the lead in the mad dash to thwart the Affordable Care Act and prevent poor people from accessing health care.
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Should Health Care Be Rationed? It Already Is
Why don't we make our means-tested system of rationing more rational, and, like other wealthy countries, base it on medical need rather than financial means?
The Neoliberal Turn in American Health Care
The failings of the Affordable Care Act are rooted in a long shift away from the idea of a truly universal health care.