Tag: healthcare
Pandemic doesn’t stop corporate media from crusading against universal healthcare
It’s clear that the American system of making health insurance a privilege only for those who work—or for those poor and old enough to qualify for Medicaid and Medicare—has made the U.S. especially vulnerable to Covid-19.
New Study estimates 7.3 million uninsured in US by summer due...
This issue really sheds light on a healthcare system that relies significantly on employer-based insurance.
We still don’t know how many people are in the hospital...
Many states report coronavirus cases and COVID-19 hospitalizations differently, and the federal government is way behind on data tracking. Without consistent information, the U.S. won’t be able to properly respond as new coronavirus hot spots emerge.
Trump decides against reopening Affordable Care Act enrollment amid coronavirus pandemic
Progressive lawmakers criticize the Trump administration's decision calling it a deliberate blocking of vulnerable Americans, which with have "negative consequences."
Health insurance companies could skyrocket premiums
The U.S. health care system is ill-equipped when it comes to a pandemic and citizens will be the ones to suffer.
Taxpayers paid millions to design a low-cost ventilator for a pandemic....
As coronavirus sweeps the globe, there is not a single Trilogy Evo Universal ventilator — developed with government funds — in the U.S. stockpile.
‘For common benefit of all,’ Ireland nationalizes hospitals for duration of...
“How wonderful is this. A beautiful silver lining.”
What’s missing from the coronavirus bill
Corporate tax cuts won’t save us. The coronavirus doesn’t distinguish between rich and poor.
America doesn’t have a public health system
There is no public health system in the U.S., in short, because the richest nation in the world has no capacity to protect the public as a whole, apart from national defense.
What the coronavirus says about us
Trump’s message to governors on lifesaving medical equipment — “get it yourselves” — is grimly appropriate in a country without national health care.