Five-Day Strike by Kaiser Permanente Workers Is About More Than Money
Kaiser employees are calling for a lucrative medical giant that handles care for more than 12 million Americans to let them better prioritize patients.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here…
Rural Communities Brace for Trump’s Health Cuts
Rural hospitals — often the largest employers as well as critical care providers in their regions — will be among the worst hit by the GOP’s Medicaid cuts.
Chicago Hospital’s Closure Is a Canary in the Coal Mine for Corporatized Health Care
The August shuttering of Weiss Memorial Hospital is just the latest casualty of private equity-backed hospital closures.
How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
The Trump administration has refused to say how many workers have been lost so far. But ProPublica’s analysis reveals the cuts in unprecedented detail.
Health Is a Basic Human Right— It’s Time Our Laws, Systems, and Values Reflected That
Life expectancy in the U.S. has declined, not because we lack the technology or knowledge to save lives, but because we have failed to build systems rooted in equity.
‘This Was No Accident’: Trump-GOP Policies Blamed as Health Insurers Prepare to Jack Up Premiums
"It was the plan: decimate American healthcare to line the pockets of the rich, and leave working families to suffer the consequences."
Mexico Raises the Flag for Health Sovereignty
Mexico launches a national plan to expand domestic drug production and move toward a free, universal, and public healthcare system.
10 Ways the GOP Budget Will Make Life Worse for Americans
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery.
GOP Senator’s Defense of Medicaid Cuts: ‘Well, We All Are Going to Die’
The GOP’s reconciliation bill includes cuts to anti-poverty programs that help save tens of thousands of lives yearly.
‘Call This What It Is—Theft’: Republicans Approve Largest Medicaid, SNAP Cuts in US History
"The people stealing from Americans are not folks with tattoos and hoodies—it's people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins, sitting in this Capitol right now," said Rep. Maxwell Frost.
Experts Credit Harm Reduction, Not Border Cops, for 27% Drop in Overdose Deaths
Grassroots public health efforts and shifts in drug use have contributed to the sharp decline in overdose deaths.
‘Under Cover of Night,’ GOP Unveils Plan to Kick Over 8 Million Off Medicaid
"This bill confirms what we've been saying all along: Trump and Republicans have been lying when they claim they aren't going to cut Medicaid and take away people's healthcare."
‘Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay’
A jury found Blue Cross liable for fraud and awarded the hospital $421 million. The insurance company denied wrongdoing and has appealed.
Senate GOP Fuels Privatization Fears by Confirming ‘Quack Grifter’ Dr. Oz
The new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator joins "a team of snake oil salesmen and anti-science flunkies that have already shown disdain for the American people and their…