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Fearing Deportation, Immigrant Parents Are Opting Out of Health Benefits for Kids
Parents feel like they can’t risk any attention from the government, even if that means losing badly needed benefits.
Drug Shortages Pose a Public Health Crisis in the US
Drug shortages endanger lives and increase health care costs.
Unmasking the GOP as the Party of Negligent Homicide
Austerity policies kill hundreds of thousands of Americans every year.
Unwieldy Health Costs Often Stand Between Teachers and Fatter Paychecks
Many teachers have traditionally accepted a trade-off of low salaries for generous benefits.
Most Medicaid Enrollees Who Can Work Already Do. They Just Aren’t Paid Enough.
Employed Medicaid recipients tend to work jobs with few benefits, which is why they need Medicaid.
Trump’s Attacks on Health Care Threaten Treatment for People With Opioid Disorders
Trump and his allies are playing politics with people's lives.
Can Your Insurer Retroactively Deny Coverage for “Avoidable” ER Visits?
The insurance company Anthem is refusing to pay for visits it deems “avoidable.”
Benefit Change Could Raise Costs for Patients Getting Drug Co-Pay Assistance
Drug copay assistance programs have long been controversial.
Trump Peddles False Hope to the Terminally Ill With Right to Try Law
At worst, critics say Right to Try is a stealth attempt by libertarian ideologues to undermine patients' rights.
Amid Grassroots Push, Medicare for All Winning Big in Democratic Primaries
In red and blue states alike, candidates backing Medicare for All have emerged victorious.