Truthout
Medicaid
How Much of Big Pharma’s Massive Profits Are Used to Influence Politicians?
Recent proposals by presidential candidates to regulate drug prices may be long shots due to Big Pharma's lobbying.
|
Activists Decry 39 Years of Class-Based Discrimination in Abortion Access
Activists are calling for access to abortion care regardless of income, and pushing to end coverage bans.
|
The Unseen Costs of Defunding Planned Parenthood
The defunding of Planned Parenthood could result in higher Medicaid costs for thousands of additional unintended pregnancies.
Widespread Public Support Bolsters Bill to End Restrictions on Abortion Coverage
The EACH Woman Act would nullify existing abortion bans and prevent future blocks to access for low-income women.
The State(s) of the Affordable Care Act
In some states, only extremely poor parents and children are eligible for Medicaid, leaving large numbers of people who unable to access health care.
Privatized Medicaid Managed Care: Yet Another Health Policy Disaster
These are some of the less publicized downsides of how the ACA actually works within privatized Medicaid programs.
|
Women of Color Leaders Call for a Change: End Barriers to Abortion Care
More people of color have health insurance under the ACA, but barriers to women's health remain.
Move Afoot to Overturn Hyde Amendment Restrictions on Abortion
More than 60 groups have joined forces to overturn the Hyde Amendment's restrictions on abortion funding.
|
Live From the Ebola Capital of the United States
One lesson we should take away from the first US Ebola case is that the health care we extend to the still-uninsured may be our own.
|
“Don’t Warehouse Me in a Nursing Home“
By refusing to expand Medicaid, as so many other states across the country have done, Tennessee is being forced to make cuts that are affecting those with illnesses or …