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For-Profit US Health Care System Still Ranks Last Among Peers on Key Metrics
People in the US “live the shortest lives and have the most avoidable deaths,” a new analysis concludes.
Universal Health Care Was Big on the 2020 Democratic Platform. Where Is It Now?
Democrats ran on health care in 2020. In this year’s draft platform, it gets a handful of bullet points.
US Health Care Spending Expected to Outpace Economic Growth Over Next Decade
Studies repeatedly show that Medicare for All would save countless lives and hundreds of billions of dollars a year.
Medicare Advantage Plans Disadvantage Many Elderly and Disabled People
For-profit Medicare Advantage program restrictions routinely result in delays and the denial of necessary health care.
Medicare for All Activist Ady Barkan Dies at 39
“To honor his life, let us dedicate ourselves to completing his work,” wrote Sen. Bernie Sanders.
White House Announces First 10 Drugs Big Pharma Will Have to Negotiate Costs On
The new negotiation rules were passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, which Biden signed into law last year.
Health Care Advocates Celebrate Passage of Medical Debt Relief in New York
Meanwhile, a battle is brewing in the state to expand health care access to 250,000 undocumented people.
Nearly 6 in 10 People With Health Insurance Have Had Coverage Issue in Past Year
The American health insurance system leaves both uninsured and insured people to languish, polling suggests.
Top Insurance CEOs Took Home $335 Million Last Year, Fueled by Stock Buybacks
Fresh outrage over the pay of insurance industry CEOs comes amid a renewed Medicare for All push in Congress.
To Protect Trans Health Care, We Need to Fight Bigotry — and Win Medicare for All
Trans people are up against bigoted legislation, bureaucratic red tape, and the U.S.’s cruel lack of health care access.