Health & Wellness

Losses Go Deep in the Fight for Better Health Care

Liz Theoharis / TomDispatch Mar 11, 2024 The "unwinding" of pandemic-era Medicaid expansion programs highlights the acute need for a better path forward on health insurance. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Sows Chaos in States

Phil Galewitz, Katheryn Houghton, Brett Kelman, Samantha Liss / KFF Health Nov 10, 2023 Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Court Voids ‘Obamacare’ Individual Mandate, Sidesteps Whole Law Issue

REBECCA SANTANA, MARK SHERMAN and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / The Associated Press Dec 19, 2019 The ultimate fate of the rest of the Affordable Care Act's popular provisions like pre-existing conditions protections remains unclear. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S. Judge Blocks Trump’s Health Insurance Rule for Immigrants

The Associated Press Nov 3, 2019 The temporary restraining order comes after a lawsuit contends nearly two-thirds of prospective legal immigrants would be banned under rule. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sanders Blasts 2020 Democrats for Defending Health Insurance Industry

Common Dreams Oct 16, 2019 At the Democratic debate, the progressive senator castigates his rivals for repeating right-wing talking points against Medicare for All. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Number of Uninsured Americans Rises for 1st Time in a Decade

CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / The Associated Press Sep 10, 2019 The 0.5% increase, though modest, is the first real sign that coverage gains under Obama could be partly reversed by Trump's policies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders Is Tapping Into a Vein of Anger Over Health Care

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 14, 2016 What to do about Obamacare divides the senator from his chief rival, Hillary Clinton. She would merely shore up gaps in the program. The Vermont senator, however, goes further, and his vision of health care as a universal right could resonate among voters. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obamacare Will Leave Some ‘Underinsured’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 5, 2014 The out-of-pocket costs for people with diseases requiring ongoing treatment "could still be so high they'll have trouble staying out of debt," The Associated Press reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Tony Blair’s Selfie: An Emblem of the Iraq War

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2013 A doctored photo of Britain's former prime minister posing in front of exploding bombs may play a large role in how the Iraq War is recalled; beginning in January, millions of uninsured Americans will receive health coverage under Medicaid; meanwhile, the climate threat we should all be worried about is water scarcity. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Stopping Obama

Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune Jul 27, 2013 Dig deeper

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What’s the Solution to Rising Health Care Costs?

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2012 Obamacare did nothing to stop the cost of employer-based health insurance from growing at twice the rate of inflation during the Great Recession, and for that and other reasons, progressives want to get rid of it. AlterNet editor Joshua Holland has a cheaper and arguably more practical idea: Open the Medicare system to anyone who wants to buy into it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )