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Healthcare

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How Public Real Estate Investment Trusts Extract Wealth from Nursing Homes and Hospitals

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are considered "passive" investors and are exempt from corporate tax. But in reality, they play a very active role in reshaping whole industries, like healthcare.

Eileen Appelbaum ·

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This American For-Profit Healthcare System Would Just as Soon Kill You as Look at You

To this system, it doesn't matter whether a person lives or dies as long as it gets paid. That's why our healthcare costs are so high, even though our life expectancy is so low.

Richard Eskow ·

Single-payer healthcare advocates march in a Medicare for All rally in Los Angeles on February 4, 2017. (Photo: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Health Cost Calculator Shows Most Californians Would Save Big With Medicare for All

"Working together, Californians can save our state billions, save each family thousands, and most importantly, guarantee healthcare for all so that everyone has equal access to lifesaving treatment."

Brett Wilkins ·

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

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 ·

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We Are Not 'In This Together': The Biden Adminstration's Covid-19 Policy Is Still Killing Vulnerable People

Our government has abandoned its responsibility to protect its citizens by blaming its failures on the very individuals it was elected to protect.

Maggie Mills ·

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

"Today, Republicans showed the American people where they stand: No abortions, and no birth control to prevent the need for one," said Sen. Ed Markey.

Brett Wilkins ·

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

"It's a very weak proposal" but "we're dealing with the power of PhRMA over the Congress," he said, taking aim at industry lobbyists.

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

One co-author said the findings show the cost of cleaning up and replacing PFAS "is ultimately justified when considering the tremendous economic and medical risks of allowing them to persist in the environment."

Jessica Corbett ·

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Texas Abortion Ban Turned One Woman's Pregnancy Into a 'Dystopian Nightmare'

"Anti-abortion zealots should be forced to read this..." asserted one journalist. "They are responsible for her suffering."

Brett Wilkins ·

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Michigan Students Walk Out of Ceremony Over Keynote Speaker's Pro-Forced Birth Views

"Keep in mind that the state of abortion rights in Michigan is very much on the line. Being quiet right now is a political choice."

Julia Conley ·

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