Black Women More Likely to Die in Childbirth, Hospitals Accused of ‘Systemic Racism’
Not only does race shape , but also if she’s even around to teach anything at all. A woman’s racial and ethnic background has more to do with her odds of surviving…
Healthcare
GOP Kills Bill to Cover Pre-Existing Conditions Just 25 Days Before the Midterms
(EDITOR’S NOTE, 10/12/18, 11:17 PM ET: A hyperlink to the roll call vote for Sen. Baldwin’s resolution on pre-existing conditions was added in the first paragraph of this article.) In a 50-50…
Physicist Who Auctioned Off His Nobel Prize for $765,000 to Pay Medical Bills Dies
Nobel Prize winner Leon Lederman, who was the first particle physicist to use the term “God particle,” died this week in his Idaho home at the age of 96. “[Lederman] made extraordinary…
There Have Been 96 Hikes in Prescription Drug Prices for Every Price That’s Been Cut
It isn’t a shock that pharmaceutical companies hike prescription prices because they can. The founder and CEO of Nostrum Pharmaceuticals Nirmal Mulye, like , views greed as . And if greed is…
Pharma CEO Says Raising Price of Antibiotic by 404% Is a ‘Moral Requirement’
The CEO of Missouri-based pharmaceutical company recently suggested that his decision to jack up the price of one of his company’s products was moral one. On Tuesday, the Financial Times reported that…
70% of Americans (and a Majority of Republicans) Support Medicare for All
A new report just thoroughly debunked the myth that Medicare for All is politically unpopular. More than two-thirds of Americans actually support the policy. In a recent article about the burgeoning leftist…
Koch Brothers Accidentally Make the Case for Single-Payer Healthcare and Free College
The Koch Brothers’ group In Pursuit Of recently released the results of a deceptively worded survey meant to make the case for less government. It actually did the opposite. The national survey,…
Businesses Could Save $1.2 Trillion Each Year Under Medicare for All
Medicare for All has become one of the of the progressive moment. Whether in the form of the clarion call from Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) or at the state level with the…
Fox & Friends’ Attempt to Frame Medicare for All as Unpopular Just Backfired Big Time
Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vermont) Medicare for All bill appears to be popular with a wide swath of Americans — apparently even viewers of Fox & Friends. On Monday, Fox & Friends —…
Koch-Funded Study Finds Medicare for All Would Save Money While Covering Everyone
The conservative-leaning Mercatus Center at George Mason University — which has gotten millions in donations from the Charles Koch Foundation — accidentally made an argument in favor of Medicare for All. The…