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UK Nurses and Ambulance Workers Are Striking for a Fully Funded NHS
Successive conservative governments have cut funding for the universal health care system once seen as a gold standard.
Damar Hamlin Nearly Died on the Job. Too Many Workers Face Similar Threats.
Damar Hamlin's accident provides a mandate for all of us to consider the value of workers’ health, safety and rights.
Sanders, Warren, and Others Raise Alarm Over Rise of Medical Credit Cards
More than 100 million people are saddled with medical debt in the U.S., collectively owing upwards of $200 billion.
Industry Lobbyists Worry as Sanders Takes Over Powerful Senate Health Panel
Health care industry lobbyists are particularly concerned about how Sanders will wield the committee's subpoena power.
Learning to Self-Manage Abortions Is Key in a Post-“Roe” Society
As we head into 2023, we face the collective challenge of working to normalize knowledge of self-managed abortions.
Big Pharma and GOP Open About Plans to Obstruct Medicare Drug Price Reforms
While the reforms are less ambitious than what progressives wanted, they could still have a significant impact on costs.
This Year, the Reproductive Justice Movement Showed Us What It Means to Fight
In a year of worst-case abortion access scenarios, reproductive justice activists showed us what solidarity looks like.
Hundreds of US Hospitals Sue Patients or Threaten Their Credit
A new report suggests most US hospitals have policies to use legal action or other aggressive tactics against patients.
It’s Long Past Time for the US to Implement Paid Family and Medical Leave
We must see low-income parents, caregivers and child care providers as human beings with essential needs.
UK Nurses Kick Off Largest-Ever Strike by NHS Workers After Negotiations Fail
National Health Service nurses say inadequate pay and staffing shortages put themselves and patients in danger.