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Health Care
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Why the Private Health Insurance Industry Has to Go
The private health insurance industry in the U.S. has had a long run since shifting to medical underwriting and a for-profit status in the early 1960s.
Privatization of Medicare: Urgency of the Latest Threat
This is a dangerous time for Medicare.
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How Much Is Your Arm Worth? Depends on Where You Work
Nearly every state has what's known as a “schedule of benefits” that divides up the body like an Angus beef chart.
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Reproductive Health Care in Women’s Prisons “Painful” and “Traumatic“
The “care” ranges from a dangerous absence of care to the painful and humiliating.
Repeal SGR, but Don’t Privatize Medicare
A Trojan horse for Medicare privatization.
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The ACA at Five: What Lessons Can We Draw?
Having assessed in the last three posts the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) over the last five years, we have seen that the ACA will not …
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How US Health Care Turned Patients Into Consumers
The concept of health care primarily as a business is uniquely American, and it has gained ascendancy during the last few decades.
Penny and Pound Foolish: Massachusetts Governor’s MassHealth Savings Plan
A new cost cutting plan is likely to cost the Commonwealth a great deal, both in terms of salaries and in terms of health.
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McDonald’s Workers: Not Lovin’ It®
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Everyone’s Asking the Wrong Questions About Health Care in the US
How is it that a 25-cent piece of plastic and copper came to cost almost $1,000 in the US?