Truthout
Health Care
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How Privatizing Medical Records Will Harm You
Things like health care, education, roads and even voting systems should never be put in the control of giant corporations that only care about making a buck.
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Conflict Keeps Mothers From Health Care Services
Increasing levels of violence across India are taking their toll on women and cutting off access to crucial reproductive health services.
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Financial Relief Finally Coming for Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Victims
The VA announced it will cover health care costs for Marine dependents who contracted cancer and other illnesses from toxic water at Camp Lejeune, as promised two years ago.
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.