19-Year-Old Girl Sent to Jail for Self-Managed Abortion in Nebraska
Far right lawmakers have been ramping up the criminalization of abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
How Deeply Does Our Health Care System Discriminate?
Even the safest hospitals still display wide gaps in health outcomes based on patients’ skin color.
Report Shows How Big Pharma Is Price Gouging Cancer Patients
"Cancer patients—the majority of whom are on Medicare—can face annual out-of-pocket costs of more than $16,500."
UN Experts Say Millions of US Women at Risk After ‘Regressive’ Attack on Abortion Rights by Supreme Court
Abortion bans in 14 U.S. states since the 2022 Dobbs decision "have made abortion services largely inaccessible and denied women and girls their fundamental human rights to comprehensive healthcare including…
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
More People Died From the Failures of Obamacare Than From Covid-19
Why a better healthcare system is needed.
Profiteering Against the Public Interest: Privatization of Health Care by Unitedhealth Group
By John P. Geyman / CounterPunch Privatization of public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid has been proceeding rapidly in recent years with little coverage by the media of its…
A Texas Prison Guard Placed a Woman in Isolation for Talking About Abortion
Legal experts told The Nation it’s not illegal. But that didn’t stop one guard from moving a woman to extreme isolation after sharing sexual health information.
15 Million People Could Lose Coverage as Nightmarish Medicaid ‘Purge’ Begins
"I feel sick," said one physician. "Medicaid is not enough: we need seamless, lifelong universal care now."
Federal Study Calls US Stillbirth Rate “Unacceptably High” and Recommends Action
The report named stillbirths a “major public health concern” that the U.S. must address through research and prevention.
‘Shocking and Immoral’: Report Details Private Equity’s Stranglehold on US Healthcare
"The damage that private equity has wrought on Americans' healthcare from cradle to grave, simply for profit, has become a life-or-death situation."
The True Test of a Civilization Is the Absence of Anxiety About Health
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research A few years ago, a minor medical problem took me to the Hospital Alemán-Nicaragüense in Nicaragua’s capital, Managua. While I was…
‘We’re Still Gonna Say No’: Inside UnitedHealthcare’s Effort to Deny Coverage to Chronically Ill Patient
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden…
Debt, Overcrowding, or Death: America’s Very Broken Healthcare System
Despite the lack of universal healthcare coverage in the US, the country spends significantly more on healthcare related costs than comparable countries.
Medicare Advantage Is Neither Medicare Nor an Advantage
Medicare Advantage is a money-making scam. I should know. I helped to sell it.