The tax would help fund the U.S. recovery from the pandemic and resulting economic collapse.
Health Care
Insiders from at least 11 companies working on COVID research have sold shares worth more than $1 billion since March.
The vote comes as 100 million people and counting are either uninsured or underinsured in the U.S. amid a pandemic.
Nearly 50 COVID-related lawsuits have been filed relating to conditions of employment.
Public health experts said the donations could go to waste or even risk patients’ lives for the sake of a PR stunt.
Progressives note that the number under Medicare for All would be zero.
The industry is lobbying for a broad federal immunity rule that would shield 15,600 nursing homes from liability.
Some patients have been directed to go to hospital emergency rooms — the most expensive place to get care.
The CDC released a study with sobering findings, and experts say the data gaps are almost as worrisome as the results.
The Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s restrictive abortion law, but the fight for patients’ rights continues.