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![A protester in an adorable goth outfit holds a sign reading "ABORTION IS A PERSONAL DECISION NOT A LEGAL DEBATE" during an outdoor rally](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0914-abortion-il-400x300.jpg)
Illinois Hospitals Are Receiving More Out-of-State Patients Due to Abortion Bans
The University of Illinois health system may be treating three times as many abortion patients from other states.
![Hospital workers and supporters protest the closure of Hahnemann University Hospital at a rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 11, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1155218108-400x300.jpg)
Health Care Giants Dominate PA Lobbying While Pennsylvanians’ Health Suffers
Health care profiteers make up 3 of the top 5 spenders on lobbying in Pennsylvania.
![An advocate holds a sign during a news conference on Medicare Advantage plans in front of the U.S. Capitol on July 25, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0831-health-care-400x300.jpg)
Health Insurers Have Made It So Complicated to Appeal Denials That Very Few Do
No lawmakers or regulators in state and federal governments have forced all insurers to follow one simple standard.
![Unionized nurses hold a rally during a day-long strike at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on June 23, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0829-kaiser-400x300.jpg)
Kaiser Permanente Workers Begin Strike Authorization Vote
The union representing 40% of the company's health care workers cited unfair labor practices and unsafe staffing levels.
![An abortion rights activist holds a sign that says "Keep Abortion Legal" at a protest in support of abortion access on July 13, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0821Abortion-Florida-400x300.jpg)
Volunteers Organize to Save Abortion Clinic From Being Fined “Out of Existence”
Activists say the financial penalties are part of a targeted attack against one of only two clinics in Orlando, Florida.
![Thousands of New Yorkers take to the streets of Manhattan to participate on the Reclaim Pride Coalition's (RPC) fifth annual Queer Liberation March, where no police, politicians or corporations were allowed to participate, on June 25, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0818-trans-rights-400x300.jpg)
4 in 5 LGBTQ Americans Feel Less Safe Because of Bans on Gender-Affirming Care
Anti-LGBTQ laws and policies “codifies discrimination and stigma into law,” the Human Rights Campaign said.
![People view a painted portrait of the late Henrietta Lacks](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0809-henrietta-lacks-400x300.jpg)
Henrietta Lacks Settlement Is Step Forward in Long Battle Against Medical Racism
The medical industry has a long history of using Black bodies for research without consent or compensation.
![A person holds a sign reading "I DIED ALONE" during an outdoor demonstration to call attention to the plight of seniors in nursing home care during the covid-19 pandemic](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0809-covid-action-400x300.jpg)
Right-Wing “Herd Immunity” Logic Has Infiltrated US Politics and Public Health
A toxic worldview has exploited pandemic despair to win new converts to the politics of the far right.
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More People Die Young in US Due to Health Care and Welfare Cuts, Study Finds
By the time COVID-19 hit, about 600,000 more people in the U.S. were dying each year compared to its peer nations.
![A woman in military uniform holds her infant child as she stands among others, also in uniform](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0807-military-women-400x300.jpg)
Women and LGBTQ Veterans Are Demanding VA Health Care That Meets Their Needs
“These systems and services ... weren’t built with us in mind or they were built to our exclusion," said one veteran.