Health Care

Teamsters Opioid Protest

Take Action Now: Fight the Opioid Epidemic Take Action Now: Fight the Opioid Epidemic

Help end the stigma, then raise awareness about addiction treatment and overdose prevention.

Apr 2, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction

Sick leave medicine

Is the FDA Misleading Congress About the Safety of Imported Medicines? Is the FDA Misleading Congress About the Safety of Imported Medicines?

Prescription drugs can cost 80 percent less in Canada, Australia, and the UK—why isn’t the FDA supporting safe importation?

Apr 1, 2019 / Gabriel Levitt

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The Human-Rights Agenda Underlying the 2019 Medicare for All Bill The Human-Rights Agenda Underlying the 2019 Medicare for All Bill

The main questions is not how much universal health care will cost but how we provide for basic human rights.

Mar 20, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Medicare for All protest

Medicare for All Is Not Just Good Politics—It’s Good for Business, Too Medicare for All Is Not Just Good Politics—It’s Good for Business, Too

Having health insurance tethered to employment is a terrible idea.

Mar 19, 2019 / Joe Sanberg

Alessandra Biaggi

Progressive ‘Piss and Vinegar’ Takes On Albany Progressive ‘Piss and Vinegar’ Takes On Albany

How a new class of lawmakers is transforming the New York State legislature.

Mar 13, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz

Mike Oliver

In Memoriam: Mike Oliver In Memoriam: Mike Oliver

The British sociologist revolutionized the field of disability studies. 

Mar 8, 2019 / Ravi Malhotra

How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job?

How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job? How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job?

Arkansas is the first state in the nation to impose a work requirement on people receiving Medicaid. The results have been disastrous.

Mar 7, 2019 / Feature / Bryce Covert

Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020

Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020 Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020

He’s repeatedly won elections as a pro-labor, anti-war advocate for civil rights and civil liberties in Ohio, where Democrats have increasingly failed. Could he win the presidency?

Mar 6, 2019 / Feature / John Nichols

Richard Gottfried

Richard Gottfried’s Health-Care Crusade Is Paying Off Richard Gottfried’s Health-Care Crusade Is Paying Off

The NY State Assembly member has spent 27 years advocating for statewide health care. Now, his colleagues in Albany are finally catching up.

Mar 1, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz

Medicare For All

We Don’t Need Private Health Insurance We Don’t Need Private Health Insurance

New single-payer plans don’t need to worry about carving out roles for health-care profiteers. 

Feb 18, 2019 / Adam Gaffney

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