Truthout
Health Care

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So, About Those Cancellation Letters…
It turns out that many of those cancellation letters were misleading, and failed to mention that customers could find better policies at lower prices on a healthcare exchange.

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Senate Moving Toward Bill to Ban Workplace Bias Against Gays
A long-stalled bill banning workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity is likely to pass the Senate as early as this week.

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Federal Court Decision Doesn’t Just Limit Abortion: It Creates a Crisis for Women’s Health Care in Texas
Andrea Flynn: This is nothing short of a crisis situation.

Bill Moyers: Obamacare – The Right Wing’s Alamo
Bill takes on the Republican Party for their relentless attempts to kill the Affordable Care Act.

A Month in to Healthcare.gov, Real-Life Winners and Losers
While it may be too soon to tell, here is a tentative breakdown of who benefits most from the ACA and who loses most.

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Dr. Ben Carson “Jumps Jim Crow“
Renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson says the Affordable Care Act is the worst thing to happen to America since slavery. Dr. Wilmer Leon begs to differ.

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Obamacare: The Biggest Insurance Scam in History
Health care is a human right, and it is at the center of the conflict of our times, the battle between the people and corporate interests.

Black Panthers’ Fight For Free Health Care Documented in New Book
Alondra Nelson's book

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Will Every State Eventually Expand Medicaid?
The question of whether red state Republicans' poor constituents are eventually covered under the lawu2019s Medicaid expansion may ultimately come down to state budget realities.

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Healthcare.gov Debacle: Spare Some Blame for Bush and Clinton
Reinventing government by gutting it doesnu2019t appear to have lived up to its promise.