Truthout
Medicaid
To Insure More Poor Children, It Helps if Parents Are on Medicaid
When Medicaid eligibility is extended to their parents, children benefit.
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The War on Medicaid Is Moving to the States
Governor LePage's ultimate goal seem to be forcing people out of the program.
Eleven Steps for States to Rein in Health Care Costs While Building Toward Single-Payer
The biggest cost drivers are drug prices and the medical billing industrial complex.
Why Medicaid Matters to You
If the elderly can't get care, we're all affected.
How Welfare’s Work Requirements Can Deepen and Prolong Poverty
Losing welfare benefits when they're between jobs can plunge nursing home aides into extreme economic hardship.
William Rivers Pitt | The GOP Wrecking Machine Takes Aim at the Debt Ceiling, Again
The song, as Led Zeppelin says, remains the same.
“We Can’t Let Our Guard Down”: Republicans Could Use Budget as Cudgel Against Medicaid
The Republican effort to cut taxes for the wealthy by terminating health care for poor and middle-class families is very much alive.
Medicaid Survived the Health Care Battle — Now Let’s Give It to Everyone
We should ditch employer-provided insurance. Administrative costs for Medicaid are nearly half of the cost of private sector plans. Yes, half.
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Everyone Deserves Care: Insisting on Compassion in the Face of Congressional Cruelty
The best measure of a society is its compassion, and our tax dollars should reflect that.
Taking Care of the Most Vulnerable: Sister Simone Campbell on Catholic Sisters Resisting Assaults on Health Care
We must tell every senator that “we the people” want to take care of the vulnerable, says Sister Simone Campbell.