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Health Care

Pathologizing the Poor Reinforces Stigma While Deterring Advocacy and Public Policy
The poor don't rate a mention in our public consciousness or political campaigns because we are inconvenient and pathologized.

Where Is Hillary on Health Care?
Two decades later, it is helpful to recall what happened to the Clinton Health Plan.

Four Decades of the Wrong Dietary Advice Has Paved the Way for the Diabetes Epidemic: Time to Change Course
It's sugar that's killing us rather than fats, and it's high time mainstream medicine admits its decades-long mistake.

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Job Growth Picks Up in May
Health care employment has been rising rapidly in the last two months.

All-Options Pregnancy Center Revolutionizes Access to Both Care and Abortion
Anti-choice groups can no longer claim they are the only ones who care about helping women through any circumstance.

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Obamacare’s Health Plan Choice Benefits Are Vastly Overrated
Complexity is a huge drag on the popularity of our health care system as a whole.

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Commentary: Insurers Backed Obamacare, Then Undermined It; Now They’re Profiting From It
Playing all sides of the street on Obamacare.

DrewChristopher Joy on White Racial Justice Organizing in Maine in Black Lives Matter Times
Organizer DrewChristopher Joy talks about the challenges of inspiring working-class Whites in Maine to engage in the racial justice fight.

Why This US Doctor Is Moving to Canada
The hassles of working in the dysfunctional health care “system” in the US have simply become too intense.

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Women of Color Leaders Call for a Change: End Barriers to Abortion Care
More people of color have health insurance under the ACA, but barriers to women's health remain.