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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.
Tomorrow’s March on Washington Will Target Poverty, Voter Suppression, Climate
The Poor People's Campaign will lead a march to demand the government address key issues facing low-income communities.
Medicare for All Could Have Prevented 338,000 COVID Deaths in the US
A study also shows that universal health coverage could have saved $459 billion in medical costs during 2020 alone.
More Than 100 Million People in US Have Health Care Debt, Study Shows
A new investigation concludes that our health care system is systematically pushing patients into debt on a mass scale.
Burned Out by COVID and 80-Hour Workweeks, Resident Physicians Are Unionizing
Residents are demanding better working conditions, wages and benefits.
Capitalism Is to Blame for How Quickly US COVID Deaths Reached 1 Million
The idea of obeying science when it might cost multibillion-dollar corporations their market share was heresy.