No one should have to bargain for health care
As the GM strike shows, employers use their workers’ health as a bargaining chip. Medicare for All would end that.
Study shows Medicare for All could save US $600 billion annually on paperwork and...
"Medicare for All could save more than $600 billion each year on bureaucracy, and repurpose that money to cover America's 30 million uninsured and eliminate co-payments and deductibles for everyone."
Demanding greater say in COVID-19 safety policies, just 9% of Walmart workers report ability...
Labor rights group United for Respect released new polling data regarding Covid-19 precautions as employees demanded to be able to serve on Walmart’s board of directors.
Scandinavia in Maryland?
Medicare for all in one state.
California bans animal-tested cosmetics from the market
“I am proud that California is the first state in the nation to take a stand against cruel cosmetic animal testing.”
Transition to zero-emission vehicles would deliver $1.2 trillion in public health benefits: report
"The time to act on zero-emissions is now."
‘Drop the Medicare eligibility age to 0 right now’: Study warns 35 million could...
"For all the abstracted talk over the last year about health insurance churn, we are likely about to see it on an unprecedented scale in terms of velocity and devastation."
Millions consumed potentially unsafe water in the past 10 years
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the U.S. a “D” grade for the quality of its drinking water systems based on an evaluation of their safety, condition, capacity and other criteria.
A hospital’s secret coronavirus policy separated Native American mothers from their newborns
Pregnant Native American women were singled out for COVID-19 testing based on their race and ZIP code, clinicians say. While awaiting results, some mothers were separated from their newborns, depriving them of the immediate contact doctors recommend.
Whose rights matter in pandemic America?
Not those of poor Americans, that’s for sure...