Lizzie Presser reports for Pro Publica on how the corporate for-profit health care system is rigged against Black Americans and puts shareholder interests ahead of patients’ care needs. Presser...
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People with low incomes struggle to access care in US
The United States rations care based on ability to pay, creating severe health inequities. People with low incomes in the US are more likely to suffer from chronic conditions and struggle to access...
Biden has power to authorize free Medicare for everyone
President-elect Biden could guarantee everyone in the US affordable healthcare if he wanted to. David Dayen writes for The American Prospect that, because of the pandemic, a Biden...
Trump administration attempts to privatize traditional Medicare
The Trump administration is deep into rolling out a pilot plan that, over time, could privatize the public fee-f0r-service Medicare program unless the Biden administration hits the pause button on...
Why doesn’t HHS penalize pharmaceutical companies for...
It’s not surprising that pharmaceutical companies are disregarding the rules for discounting drug prices at hospitals serving low-income populations. What is concerning is that HHS has done...
Coronavirus: Will your Fitbit warn you in advance?
Erin Bodwin makes the case in Stat News that wearable health technology offers a benefit most people might not appreciate–it could detect a COVID-19 infection before you have symptoms. In...
How you sleep could turn on what you eat
Trouble sleeping? Typically, people who exercise and stay away from computer screens sleep better at night. Anahad O’Connor writes for the New York Times that recent studies show that how well...
Biden picks California AG Xavier Becerra to head HHS
There is some good news for people with Medicare and Americans writ large! President-elect Joe Biden has named California Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, to head the US Department of Health and...
Coronavirus: Plan for the vaccine!
Right now, there’s a a lot of talk about who will get the vaccine first. Health care workers, essential workers, poor people, older adults? Every state will likely roll out the vaccine...
Should your dentist be able to give you a Covid vaccine?
The COVID-19 vaccine is on the verge of approval. Should your dentist and eye doctor be able to administer the vaccine? Rachel Bluth reports for Kaiser Health News that dentists and optometrists are...