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Healthcare

Commission's Report Shows Medicare for All Is Logical Next Step for California

A universal healthcare system utilizing a single-payer model in the state will save California families and businesses over $100 billion per year. The door to quality, universal, and affordable care is open and so now we must walk through.
Michael Lighty ·
Jamie Sheldon holds a Medicare for All sign as she listens to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) address an audience during a town hall meeting on gun violence at Lincoln High School in San Francisco on August 27, 2019
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We Are Not 'In This Together': The Biden Adminstration's Covid-19 Policy Is Still Killing Vulnerable People

Maggie Mills ·

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'Beyond Unacceptable': Progressives Rip Senate Republicans for Blocking Birth Control Bill

Brett Wilkins ·

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a debate

'Is It Better Than Nothing? I Suppose': Sanders Disappointed by Dems' Drug Pricing Plan

Jessica Corbett ·

Two children drinking water outdoors. An estimated 110 million Americans are potentially exposed to PFAS through drinking water. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Study Ties 'Forever Chemicals' Exposure to Billions in US Health Costs

Jessica Corbett ·

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Biden Must Do More to Protect Medication Abortion in the Post-Roe South

By declaring a public health emergency under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, the Biden administration could "enable out-of-state prescribing and dispensing of medications for abortion for those in states with abortion bans."

Elisha Brown ·

Mifepristone

House Dems Urge Private Mail Carriers to Protect Access to Abortion Pills

"Extremists have indicated they'll use every trick in the book to prevent Americans from obtaining abortions, including through legal home delivery," said Rep. Katie Porter.

Julia Conley ·

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Private Clinics Won't Solve Ontario's Healthcare Crisis and the Sickest Patients Will Suffer the Most

Private operators may offer faster access to services for their paying clients, rather than determining access to care based on the urgency of need.

Linda McQuaig ·

Nancy Pelosi

Nearly Every House Republican Votes Against Codifying Right to Contraception

"If they had the chance they would ban it," said Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).

Julia Conley ·

Jeff Bezos

US Regulators Urged to Block Amazon's 'Terrifying' Purchase of One Medical

One antitrust campaigner said the government should swiftly "establish a basic set of rules to protect every corner of America's health industry from the power of the manipulation platforms."

Brett Wilkins ·

Demonstrators protest outside PhRMA headquarters.

Pharma Mobilizes Army of Lobbyists to Tank Democrats' Medicare Drug Pricing Plan

"Big Pharma is fighting hard to keep their price-setting monopoly intact," said one advocacy coalition.

Jake Johnson ·

Georgia abortion

'Crushing News': Appeals Court Greenlights Georgia's 6-Week Abortion Ban

"This announcement is an affront to our personal rights and goes against the will of the vast majority of Georgians who believe in the bodily autonomy of all in our state."

Brett Wilkins ·

Demonstrators protest Big Pharma lobbying

Big Pharma Has Raised Drug Prices 1,186 Times This Year, Analysis Shows

"We must put an end to drug corporations' unfettered ability to dictate prices at the expense of patients."

Jake Johnson ·

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The Supreme Court's Dobbs Ruling Is an Attack on Us All

How the U.S. Supreme Court is controlling bodies and subverting democracy.

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis ·

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'This Is Sick': Indiana Doctor Investigated Over Abortion Care for Child Rape Victim

"My heart breaks for all survivors of sexual assault and abuse. I am so sad that our country is failing them when they need us most," said Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the targeted provider.

Jessica Corbett ·

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