healthcare system
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Analysis
Maternity care ‘deserts’ a symptom of for-profit medicine
A confluence of factors, from the 2022 overturn of Roe v. Wade to private insurance company policies-- has led to…
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Features
A ‘blue wave’ or a new system? How to make universal healthcare a reality
The U.S. has the resources, knowledge and skills to adopt universal health care right now. Socialism would redirect our resources…
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Features
Shockingly poor US healthcare, low life expectancy & high women’s mortality to be worsened by Trump cuts
It's time to fight for quality health care and all that's needed to live healthy lives.
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Analysis
How capitalism kept a medication treatment away from patients with opioid addiction
Suboxone, a medication effective in curbing opioid cravings was kept away from patients by corporate greed plus government red tape…
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Features
Trump’s war on VA unions is a war on veterans
The Trump administrations seeks to demolish the VA and the care it gives.
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Analysis
Struggle over ownership of non-profit Summa Health in Akron, Ohio
Venture capitalist firm General Catalyst wants buy Akron's non-profit HMO Summa, but a coalition has emerged to stop the sale.
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Militant Journalism
Mass. Democrats could have saved Carney Hospital — if they wanted to
Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu have publicly declared that they cannot do anything to save Carney Hospital…
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Militant Journalism
Workers prepare for strike at Cleveland Clinic’s only unionized hospital
The demonstration was followed by an announcement from the union that Lutheran Hospital workers will be on strike beginning Labor…
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Analysis
Progressives propose Chicago ordinance to save city’s mental health care
The capitalist system is behind many mental health crises
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Analysis
The struggle over medication abortion is far from over
We also cannot ignore the role that the pharmaceutical industry, worth billions, played in the Supreme Court’s decision.
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