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Reports Condemn Health Care and Solitary Confinement in Arizona State Prisons
The American Civil Liberties Union and Prison Law Office released a series of 26 reports alleging extensive problems with the Arizona Department of Corrections' healthcare program and its use …
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For-Profit Insanity Is Killing Americans
Despite what you might hear on Fox So-Called News, Obamacare really is working.
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The Troubling Way We Pay Hospitals in Maine and Throughout the US
Money is almost all I hear about when I talk to American doctors and hospital directors.
State and Local Pension Funds Face a Shortfall Equal to 0.3 Percent of GDP
Turning over the pension plan to insurance companies will almost certainly raise the fees collected by the financial industry.
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A New Way Insurers Are Shifting Costs to the Sick
By charging higher prices for generic drugs that treat certain illness, health insurers may be violating the spirit of the Affordable Care Act, which bans discrimination against those with …
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Obamacare and Family Values: Parents Get to Stay Home With Children
Even most Republicans probably would have said that parents spending time with their kids is a good thing.
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The Invisible Diseases of 9/11
Today, those first responders who managed to survive 9/11 are dying off, and our government is doing very little about it.
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MS Breakthrough: Switching Off Aggressive Cells Stops Body From Attacking Itself
There are a wide range of strategies for treating people who have autoimmune diseases. Unfortunately, none can cure the diseases.
Building Public Trust is a Key Factor in Fighting West Africa’s Worst Ebola Outbreak
While the attention on the Ebola epidemic that has now been declared “out-of-control” is focused on the West African countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria, unaffected countries …
How Midwives on Sierra Leone’s Almost Untouched Turtle Islands are Improving Women’s Health
Marie Stopes is a British-based non-profit that provides family planning and reproductive health services to over 30 countries around the world, including the tiny, hard-to-reach Turtle Island in Sierra …