Nursing homes and other residential facilities have been hard hit by the novel coronavirus, with...
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Trump promises to terminate Social Security
In a press conference last week, President Donald Trump promised to terminate Social Security if he...
Health insurers spread lies to promote shareholder value
In a Washington Post op-ed, Wendell Potter, president of the Center for Health and Democracy and a...
Coronavirus: Second-quarter profits double for big health...
Reed Abelson reports for The New York Times that second-quarter profits doubled for big health...
Coronavirus: Without Congressional action, many more older...
A new report by The New School’s Retirement Equity Lab finds that more than half of older...
Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force recommends incremental health...
The Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force recently released its recommendations for health care reform...
At 55, Medicare is going strong, at least for now
On July 30, Medicare turned 55. Notwithstanding myriad attempts by conservatives to destroy it...
Can you protect nursing home residents in a profit-driven system?
A story in The Guardian about corporate entities that buy up nursing homes, with the goal of...
Coronavirus: Republican stimulus bill opens the door to Social...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is responding to the coronavirus pandemic with the...
Coronavirus: Female leaders are far better at containing COVID-19
Thomas Deane reports for MedicalXpress that countries with female leaders tend to be healthier and...