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Capitalism Rations What We Most Need — Let’s Demand Medicare for All: A Conversation With Mariame Kaba
It's time to move beyond pontificating about the election and dive into local organizing for things like Medicare For All.
Noam Chomsky: The US Health System Is an “International Scandal” — and ACA Repeal Will Make It Worse
What makes US culture reject health care as a human right while defending the right to buy guns in a supermarket?
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All Aspects of Reproductive Health Are Under Threat
As governor of Indiana, Vice President-elect Mike Pence made it one of the most dangerous states for pregnant people.
Today’s Election Results Could Affect Mental Health Care for Millions
Medicaid covers intensive, evidence-based community mental health services and should be expanded.
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Republican Senators in Tight Races Are Hiding Their Anti-Choice Priorities
Anti-choice candidates have started to recognize that their views are not in sync with voters and are hiding them.
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Obamacare Premiums Are Set to Increase Steeply Next Year
While the Affordable Care Act has cut the rate of uninsured Americans, it has not managed to bring down insurance prices.
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The 3,000 Other Elections: Trump May Help Democrats Win Back State Legislatures
The Trump effect may enable Democrats to take back control in some GOP-led states on November 8.
Anti-Abortion Legislators Feign Concern for Black Families
Republicans who should be reining in police are instead pushing abortion restrictions to “save” Black fetuses.
Time to End 40 Years of Class Discrimination on Abortion
Many people still don't know how deeply the Hyde Amendment abortion coverage bans are harming women and communities.
States That Fail to Expand Medicaid Need to Get in the Game
According to a new report, marketplace premiums are substantially higher in states that failed to expand Medicaid.