Truthout
Health Care
“When You Take Healthcare Away From People, People Die”
Block-granting is a backdoor strategy for making deep cuts to Medicaid.
Hospitals Must Now Publicly Reveal Their Prices
Starting this month, hospitals must publicly reveal the contents of their master price lists online.
Rebate Trap Keeps Generic Diabetes Drugs Out of Reach
Big Pharma brands keep generics out of the market by offering volume-based rebates to insurers and their intermediaries.
Millions of Americans Flood Into Mexico for Health Care
The US's “dental refugees” flock to Mexico in the thousands every day, seeking affordable care.
26 Billionaires Own as Much as World’s 3.8 Billion Poorest People
The wealth of the world's poorest fell by $500 million each day in 2018.
Medicaid Patients in Puerto Rico Don’t Get Coverage for Drugs to Cure Hepatitis
Unlike in the states, Puerto Rico’s federal funding for Medicaid is capped.
Health Care Industry Spends $30 Billion a Year Pushing Its Wares
Sophisticated campaigns make people worry about diseases they don’t have and ask for drugs or exams they don’t need.
Tainted Drugs: When Medicine Makes Patients Sicker
A review of thousands of FDA documents reveals how poorly manufactured or contaminated drugs can reach consumers.
Kiss What Is Left of Your Medical Data Privacy Goodbye
Insurers and medical providers are actively cooperating to help Big Pharma peddle more drugs to you.
It’s Time for an Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
We must fight for a future in which everyone has the resources to decide whether to become a parent.