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Dr. Oz, Trailing Fetterman, Derides His Support for Medicare for All
Progressives push back on the former television personality's condemnation of single-payer health care.
Pharma Claims Drug Price Reform Hurts Innovation. Experts Say That’s “Bullshit.”
As the Senate moved to adopt modest drug pricing negotiation measures, pharmaceutical companies made specious arguments.
Capitalism Is Making Us Sick and Sucking Us Dry
“All of these systems of extraction are always connected,” says Beatrice Adler-Bolton.
98 Million Skipped Treatment or Cut Back on Spending to Pay for Care This Year
Nearly 100 million Americans have made health or spending sacrifices to cover the rising cost of medical treatment.
Republican Senators Reject Bill to Provide Veterans Care for Toxic Exposure
Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chair Jon Tester said the vote was an “eleventh-hour act of cowardice” from the GOP.
GOP Opposition to Drug Pricing Bill Shows Scope of Big Pharma’s Grip on Congress
Republicans are opposing legislation that would lower drug costs for millions.
As Monkeypox Spreads, US Vaccine Access Is Pitifully Inadequate
The WHO has declared monkeypox a global emergency, but the U.S. has stopped short of an emergency declaration.
Big Pharma Has Raised Drug Prices 1,186 Times This Year, Report Says
The pharmaceutical industry exercised its virtually unlimited pricing power to hike costs yet again this month.
Newsom Announces California Is Going to Start Making Its Own Low-Cost Insulin
“In California, we know people should not go into debt to receive life-saving medication,” the governor said.
Manchin Is Pushing Even More Harmful Means Testing for Health Care
As Manchin blocks Medicare expansion, West Virginians are resorting to desperate measures like pulling their own teeth.