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How Civil Disobedience Helped Kill Trumpcare — at Least for Now
The tireless activists who have been engaging in direct action deserve credit for killing the latest round of Trumpcare.
The US Has the Highest Maternal Death Rate of Any Developed Country. Why Aren’t We Doing More About It?
The US is an anomaly when it comes to maternal mortality.
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Donald Trump Threatens to Punish Alaska to Get Back at Lisa Murkowski Because of Health Care
Donald Trump sent his interior secretary to make a pointed threat against Lisa Murkowski over her health care vote.
“This Is Not the Time to Sit Back”: Protesters Launch Last-Ditch Effort to Save the ACA
We must dial up the pressure on the Senate now to save the ACA and Medicaid from cuts or dismantling.
The Rolling Resistance: Meet Three Disability Rights Activists Fighting to Save Health Care
Disability activists across the nation are staging historic protests in Washington, DC.
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John McCain’s Death Panel
Seventy Top Health Care CEOs Raked in $9.8 Billion Since 2010
CEOs are incentivized not to take actions that would benefit the healthcare system overall, but rather to “inflate stock prices.”
William Rivers Pitt | No Hero Here: John McCain and the Doom of Empathy
A senator with a terrible illness and excellent insurance voted to put health care for millions in peril.
In Dangerous Move, Republicans Push to Strip Health Care From Millions Without Holding Any Hearings
Joshua Green of Bloomberg Businessweek discusses the latest developments in the GOP's efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Taking Care of the Most Vulnerable: Sister Simone Campbell on Catholic Sisters Resisting Assaults on Health Care
We must tell every senator that “we the people” want to take care of the vulnerable, says Sister Simone Campbell.