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Health Care
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.
Medicaid Patients Suffer as Layers of Private Companies Profit
Subcontractors can deny or skimp on patients' services.
Biggest Threat to Single-Payer? Democrat Support for a Public Option.
The next big fight for single-payer will be with Democrats who are pushing weaker policies.
2018 Was the Year of the Labor Strike
After decades of declining power, workers across the US found their voice in 2018 and prevailed.
Nixing the Affordable Care Act Could Upend the Entire Health System
Canceling the law in full could thrust the entire health care system into chaos.
Research Shows Affluent Americans Barely Recognize US Income Gap
Affluent Americans overlook others' struggle to access essential services like health care, a new poll shows.
The Texas Ruling on Obamacare Is on Shaky Legal Ground
A Texas judge has ruled that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
Why Are These Labor Unions Opposing Medicare for All?
Unions are reluctant to give up their strongest selling point: members' access to quality health care.