Tag: health care

“Our immediate focus is to ensure every Oregonian knows these critical harm reduction and recovery services are being invested in and expanded so that they will be available to anyone who wants and needs them, and that they can feel comfortable and safe accessing them.”

“It’s not just about the elderly. Hearing loss doesn’t magically happen in old age. It gradually occurs over years and years. It’s something that could be prevented.”

It all starts with the infrastructure bill. Millions of Americans eager for better lives expect Congress to push it over the finish line.

“People are sick and tired, and they’ve had enough, and they’re ready to stand up and fight back.”

America remains the only major industrialized country without a universal paid leave program.

Relative to the size of its economy, the United States spends far less on worker training programs than many other industrial countries.

Americans eat more meat per capita than any other country, even though meat consumption is linked to heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Infrastructure, like charity, begins at home.

A national paid family leave plan promotes equitable participation in paid family leave and would mitigate the disparities and barriers that discourage fathers from taking paternity leave.

People who want structural change in the U.S. will have to develop new channels and networks to overcome the established power system.