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My 92-Year-Old Mother’s COVID Experience Shows How Rotten Our Health System Is
Democracy Now! co-host Juan González describes how he struggled to get his own 92-year-old mother tested.
Minimum-Wage Workers Are Dying to Keep Everyone Else Alive. They Deserve More.
Low-wage workers are standing between our society and calamity. They deserve health care and a living wage now.
Prioritizing Jails Over Hospitals Has Made Rural US More Vulnerable to COVID-19
Decades of investment in prison infrastructure instead of public health has laid the track for the unfolding disaster.
Systemic Racism Is Making Coronavirus Worse in Black America
Many more Black people will die unless policymakers act immediately with a focus on health equity and racial justice.
More Than 2 Million Uninsured People May Be Hospitalized for COVID-19
The Trump administration will reimburse hospitals with emergency funding, but there may not be enough money.
Harlem Hospital Nurses Demand Better Protection Amid Pandemic
At Harlem Hospital Center, health care workers are expected to use one mask for five 12-hour shifts.
Company Sells Low-Cost Ventilator Funded by US Taxpayers at a Markup Overseas
Some experts say the nature of the current crisis underscores the urgent need for simpler, lower-cost ventilators.
Historic Injustices Against Native People Put Them at Greater Risk of COVID-19
While U.S. politicians bail out corporations, their promises to fund Indigenous health care remain empty.
Medical Staffing Company Slashed Benefits for Doctors, Nurses Fighting COVID-19
Citing lost revenue, one company has cut salaries and benefits for providers. Others will likely follow.
As COVID-19 Rages, Trump Refuses to Reopen ACA Enrollment to Help Uninsured
Millions of people across the U.S. have lost their jobs and their employer-provided health insurance due to COVID-19.