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…
EPA Press Conference Addresses Climate Impacts to Children’s Health
As climate changes in the United States, so does the health of the country’s children.
As American Life Expectancy Plunges, Political Bigwigs Stay Busy Not Noticing
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch Life expectancy in the U.S. plummets down, down, down, driven chiefly by the multitudinous gun deaths of children. Amurica outstrips the world with its hordes…
Supreme Court Decision Allows Abortion Pill to Continue Being Distributed by Mail
Friday’s ruling on the use of mifepristone will help ease the time, travel and cost associated with medication abortions.
Federal Judges Issue Conflicting Rulings in a Pill Used for Medication Abortion
A federal judge in Texas blocked the FDA's approval of mifepristone. Another in Washington state issued a conflicting ruling. The matter now seems poised to head for the Supreme Court.
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."
Prisoners Donating Organs to Get Time Off Raises Thorny Ethical Questions
By Austin Sarat / The Conversation In January 2023 two Democratic representatives, Judith Garcia and Carlos Gonzalez, proposed a bill that would offer prisoners in Massachusetts a new way to…
In the Era of Legal Marijuana, Less Teen Use
Opponents thought legalization would lead to more teens using marijuana. Ten years since the first states legalized, the reverse has happened.
60 Minutes’ Weight-Loss Tip: Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You
CBS’s segment on a weight-loss drug featured two doctors paid by the drug maker—which happened to be a sponsor of the broadcast.
‘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…
Ralph Nader: Drug Price Showdown Time for Chairman Bernie Sanders
By Ralph Nader It is showdown time. Senator Bernie Sanders, new chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee versus Big Pharma. The self-described “democratic socialist” from a…
Gabor Maté: Who’s Crazy, You or Your Nation?
Dr. Gabor Maté’s new book strips back the realities of the neoliberal system that has been plaguing the health of US and the world citizens.
Patient Groups Push Congress to Combat Big Pharma Greed in Spending Bill
"As Congress works toward finalizing an end-of-year budget package, we urge the chambers to include bipartisan legislation to address abuse of the Food and Drug Administration's citizen petition process in…
Ukraine’s Nurses Face Brutal Winter as Health Austerity Collides With War
Key workers told openDemocracy they are being paid months late or not in full due to a controversial healthcare reform.