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On the Border, Volunteer Doctors Struggle to Provide Stopgap Care to Immigrants
In some cases this is the only way vulnerable people can get care.
Important Medicaid Initiatives Would End If Court Overturns ACA
In addition to eliminating the Medicaid expansion, the decision would put other Medicaid initiatives in danger.
The Opioid Crisis Isn’t White
A look at how the lethal opioid epidemic is affecting communities of color.
Trump Justice Department Pushes Full Repeal of Affordable Care Act
The Trump administration is moving aggressively to scrap the law entirely in the courts.
Big Pharma Is Running an Elaborate Shell Game — and Lives Are at Stake
Big Pharma’s gambit to deflect attention and blame is dishonest and inaccurate.
New Medicare for All Bill Will Dramatically Revamp Health Care
Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal discusses the new bill she introduced.
Insurance Stocks Plunge as Medicare for All Bill Unveiled With Major Support
Under Rep. Pramila Jayapal's plan, private insurance would be nearly eliminated.
Former Chief Medical Officer of New York City Jails Says Incarceration Is Deadly
Dr. Homer Venters discusses his new book, “Life and Death at Rikers Island.”
The Soaring Cost of US Child Care, in Five Charts
Child care has become one of the most expensive costs that a family bears.
States Are Reconsidering Restrictive Medicaid Waiver Policies
Restrictive Medicaid waiver policies don’t work.