GOP Centrists Rock the House, Force ACA Subsidy Showdown
By Joshua Scheer Four centrist Republican members of the U.S. House broke with Speaker Mike Johnson and joined Democrats in signing a discharge petition that will compel a floor vote…
Healthcare Is Hard, Lying Republicans Make It Harder
Dean Baker Beat The Press for The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) During his first term, after repeatedly promising the country a terrific health care plan, Donald Trump…
‘People Are Going to Die’ If Republicans Let ACA Subsidies End, Warns AOC
By Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams The US House of Representatives is set to vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies next week, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned Friday that…
Senate GOP Healthcare Plan Decried as ‘Utter Joke’ That Would Devastate Sick Americans
By Jake Johnson for Common Dreams The Republican healthcare proposal that’s set for a vote in the US Senate on Thursday would not prevent insurance premiums from skyrocketing for tens…
Duct Tape Can’t Fix This: The Fight for Medicare for All and ACA Survival
By: Joshua Scheer In between two Common Dreams articles, they reported a tweet from Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen telling us what we already know: the time is now for…
‘Time Is Ticking’: GOP Lawmakers Urged to Back Healthcare Tax Credit Extension
By: Brett Wilkins Original for Common Dreams With less than a month remaining before Affordable Care Act healthcare tax credits are set to expire—which would cause monthly premiums to soar…
Necropolitics and Healthcare: The High Cost of Life in America
Melissa’s original article, which inspired this podcast, is printed in full below as well. Happy Thanksgiving. In this eye-opening episode, host Joshua Scheer dives deep into the heart-wrenching realities of…
Our Healthcare System Is Broken — And Both Parties Keep Making It Worse
By Joshua Scheer This has to be one of the most bizarre situations imaginable: Republicans discussing healthcare premiums as if they genuinely care about the issue. The public sees through…
Military Moral Injury, Violence, and the Parable of the Guinea Worm
An Unexpected Encounter with Compassion.
Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You
For decades, the FDA has blacked out the names of generic drugs on inspection reports for foreign factories that were found to have safety and quality violations.
Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Lead to 51,000 Preventable Deaths Each Year
Annual cuts to Medicaid would average $70 billion — roughly the same amount the wealthy will save in tax cuts.
State Lawmakers Embrace RFK Jr.’s Health Policies
Republican state legislators are filing a flurry of bills addressing junk food, vaccines, fluoride.
How Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? We Built a Database of Answers
Where is that money going, who is getting it, and is it doing any good?
A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms
At 6 months pregnant, Nevaeh Crain visited two Texas ERs a total of three times in 20 hours, seeking care for troubling symptoms.
After a Study Found Lead in Tampons, Environmentalists Wonder if Global Metal Pollution Is Worse Than They Previously Thought
Activists say the research marks a growing awareness connecting everyday life to the toxic contamination of the planet and ongoing harm to the climate. More research is examining how women…