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Puerto Rico’s Slow-Going Recovery Means New Hardship for Dialysis Patients
Puerto Ricans suffering from kidney disease and diabetes face an ongoing crisis.
Congress Urged to Cut Medicare Payments to Many Stand-Alone Emergency Rooms
The proposal would reduce Medicare payment rates by 30 percent.
Let’s Go All-In on Home Care for All
Let's go beyond resistance to build the society we want.
New Abortion Law Requires Doctors to Keep Records that Can Follow Patients Through Life
The new Indiana law will burden women with lifelong stigma.
Majority of Voters Say Lowering Drug Prices Should Be Congress’s Top Priority
A wealthy philanthropist is pushing free-market reforms.
Trump’s New VA Pick Appears Poised to Rubber-Stamp Privatization of Veterans Affairs
It's about profit for providers, not better care for veterans.
Bernie Sanders Warns Against VA Privatization After Trump Tweets Shulkin’s Ouster
“Every major veterans' organization in this country vigorously opposes the privatization of the VA.”
Here’s One Issue Blue and Red States Agree On: Preventing Deaths of Expectant and New Mothers
From Indiana to Oregon, lawmakers are passing bills to increase scrutiny of maternal deaths.
I Treat Patients on Medicaid, and I See That Work Requirements Will Destroy the Safety Net
We are all one job loss or one devastating accident away from needing a safety net.
A Koch-Supported Coup at the VA? The Veterans Health Administration Risks Being Dismantled
The VHA story is mostly being told by its harshest critics.