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…
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…
Lack of Access to Health Care Is Partly to Blame for Skyrocketing HIV Rates Among Gay Black Men
By Deion Scott Hawkins / The Conversation Over the past 20 years, people living with HIV in the United States have seen a drastic improvement in their overall quality of…
Study Ties Abortion Restrictions to ‘Significant’ Jump in Suicide Rates for Young Women
"This association is robust—and it has nothing to do with politics," said one co-author. "It's all backed by the data."
Big Pharma Has Raised Drug Prices 1,186 Times This Year, Analysis Shows
"We must put an end to drug corporations' unfettered ability to dictate prices at the expense of patients."
Chris Hedges: Don’t Be Fooled By Joe Biden
What is exceptional about America is its culture of sadism.
The Imperative to Achieve Medicare for All
We simply cannot allow the Biden administration to get away with a repeat of the failed Affordable Care Act.
Trump’s Regime Is Getting Deadlier By the Day
It’s worth going through the president's methods of murder in what has become a pernicious regime in ways even he didn't anticipate.
Dr. Paul Song: Obamacare Is Not Progressive
The healthcare reform advocate and oncologist discusses where the Affordable Care Act falls short and what can be done to fix the system.