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Health Insurance
The Inadequate and Shoddy Debate Over Health Care
What does the recent election cycle portend for health care in America? Nothing good.
Our Profiteering Health Insurance Industry: Should the Government Bail It Out Again?
Will the incoming Trump administration and Republican Congress continue a bailout of the health insurance industry?
Future Physicians Demand National Health Insurance
Medical students are becoming strong advocates all over the country for expanded and improved Medicare for All.
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“My 22-Year-Old Daughter Died Because She Told ER She Didn’t Have Health Insurance“
It can happen to anyone.
Gap Insurance for Deductibles: The Insurance Industry’s Latest Profiteering Ploy
As healthcare costs rise, the insurance industry is getting creative in finding revenue streams to cover gaps in coverage.
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Secrets in Plain View: Obamacare Is Working
It's important to recognize the progress the ACA has brought and that we can make much more progress by building on its success.
Is the US Public Ready for Single-Payer National Health Insurance?
Health care reform has become a top-down issue — corporate profits and oligarchy vs. democracy and the public interest.
The $100,000-Per-Year Pill: How US Health Agencies Choose Pharma Over Patients
Our taxes pay for most of the front end (riskier) research on drugs, so why do private companies get to set the price?
Cost Effectiveness Analysis in US Health Care: Long Overdue
Given that the US has the most expensive health care in the world, you would think that CEA would be a major part of health policy. But the opposite …
Growing Support for a National Health Program and Health Care as a Human Right
It appears that political feasibility for national health insurance may finally be approaching a time of acceptance.