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Children Are Dying From Pneumonia, but Greed Is the Real Killer
Hundreds of thousands of kids are dying every year because pharmaceutical companies are making record profits off a life-saving vaccine.
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Rehabs’ Failure to Give Lifesaving Naloxone to Vulnerable Clients Is Unacceptable
With naloxone now so readily available, why are so many addiction treatment facilities failing to provide it?
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Hillary Clinton’s Faux Feminism
Clinton has done an excellent job advancing the Clintons, and an abysmal job fighting for women less powerful than herself.
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The Dominant Media, “Left-Leaning” Economists and the Illusion of Consensus
A recent New York Times article falsely depicted a consensus among liberal economists opposed to Bernie Sanders' proposals.
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Facing a Physician Shortage, Can We Leave Medical School Grads on the Sidelines?
Last year, 52,860 US and international medical graduates applied for residency positions in the US, yet only 26,252 actually matched into a program.
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What if Tomorrow Your Insurance Company Controlled Your Lifestyle?
Your internet presence provides data about your health and diet, allowing insurers to estimate risk and how much you should pay.
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Maya Schenwar | To Make Health Care for All a Reality, Stop Killing People
Much of our tax money that could be funding universal health care is instead funneled toward prisons, policing and war.
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The Only Way the US Can Ever Get Affordable Health Care
The knives are out from the Republicans as well as Hillary Clinton to discredit the single-payer option with false information.
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Insurers’ Push to Restrict Special Enrollment Periods Would Block Uninsured People
The reality is that too few eligible people are taking advantage of SEPs.
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Corporations Killed Medicine. Here’s How to Take It Back
For most of human history, life-saving drugs were a public good. Now they're only good for shareholders.