Amid the worst public health crisis in a century and a devastating economic downturn that has thrown tens of millions out of work, more than five million people in the US lost their health insurance in just three months this year, shattering the previous record set during the entire annual period from 2008 to 2009.
July 14, 2020Media coverage of Trump’s commutation of his associate Roger Stone’s prison sentence has pushed the Russia bounty story out of the headlines. Knowing Trump’s skill at distraction, it’s hard to believe this is a coincidence.
August 9, 2017Even if single-payer health care gains traction, private insurers and health care providers will fight to preserve the profits of our current system.
August 8, 2017An Australian journalist wonders why Americans aren't more upset about their lackluster health care.
May 11, 2017We are a failed country because we have lost our compassion and sense of community.
March 23, 2017This plan gives health insurance companies a chance to profit even more than they did from the Affordable Care Act — and with fewer restrictions.
March 4, 2017The Republicans' new plan to replace the Affordable Care Act is worse than many expected and would lead millions of people to lose their health insurance. But some state legislators are offering alternatives. Bill Moyers profiles one here.
February 10, 2017The fight for health care is about every last one of us.
October 28, 2016This Halloween, medical students are refusing to endorse the horrifying for-profit health care system as it exists.
October 11, 2016It doesn't take a psychic to predict that health insurance carriers will return to the Obamacare fold in 2017 with dollar signs in their eyes.
