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Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Starts Today. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Many of those losing Medicaid coverage could be eligible for an ACA plan.
![Workers picket outside of PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/IMG_69911-400x300.jpg)
Hospital Chain Threatened to Cancel Health Insurance of 1,300 Striking Workers
Health care workers in the Pacific Northwest initiated a five-day strike over low pay and understaffing.
![Registered nurse Laura Lacroix, left, and Brett Feldman, a physician's assistant, do a checkup on an unhoused person in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 25, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1019-unhoused-health-care-400x300.jpg)
New Federal Rule Boosts Street Medicine Services to Houseless People
This month, the federal government started paying for treatments delivered outside hospitals and clinics.
![Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers form a picket line at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center in Oakland, California, on October 4, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1717537492-400x300.jpg)
After Historic Strike, Unions Reach Tentative Deal With Kaiser Permanente
Workers secured a victory after the largest health care strike in U.S. history, protesting staff shortages and low pay.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union during a rally in Detroit, Michigan, on September 15, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1010-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Report: Major Nonprofit Hospitals Fail Poor Patients, Exploit Tax Breaks
Rather than providing affordable medical care for low-income patients, some are instead enriching executives.
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Parents of Color Can’t See If Providers Have a History of Mistreatment
Consumer ratings sites rarely identify patient experiences by race, but that data could empower expectant parents.
![Nurses from Mount Sinai Hospital strike outside the hospital on January 9, 2023, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1455314867-400x300.jpg)
New Jersey Nurses Enter Third Month of Strike for Safe Staffing
The striking nurses emphasized hospital understaffing endangers both workers and patients.
![Megan Bent speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 25, 2023, during a rally to commemorate the 58th anniversary of Medicare.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/20230725_ENP_BEAHERO_0588-1-400x300.jpg)
Medicare Is in Desperate Need of Modernization and Expansion — Not Privatization
Monetizing Medicare and Medicaid undermines coverage for those who need it most.
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How Does Gig Nursing Work Affect Patients, Nurses and Health Care Facilities?
Classifying nurses as contractors gives companies more power and limits workers’ ability to hold them accountable.
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Private Insurers Milk Taxpayers Up to $140 Billion a Year Via Medicare Advantage
The sum of overcharges could eliminate Medicare Part B premiums or fully fund Medicare's prescription drug program.