health care
Republicans lose again: Supreme Court upholds Obamacare, 7 to 2
June 17, 2021On a practical level, the ruling means that the Affordable Care Act is here to stay.
Read moreDoes Canada’s vaccine crisis mean public health care is flawed?
April 29, 2021Privatization and profiteering leave Canada in a COVID vaccine lurch.
Read moreThe ‘wellness’ industry is no substitute for real mental health care
April 16, 2021In a capitalist economy where no “need” or want goes unfulfilled when there is a profit to be made, it’s no surprise that the “wellness” industry has flourished.
Read moreOnly way to go: Single-payer healthcare gave me back my life
April 14, 2021I have personal experience with single-payer health care, directly contrasting treatment for the same medical diagnosis under the U.S. for-profit private insurance formula with Canada’s single-payer paradigm.
Read moreAbandoned by governments, Indigenous people create their own health post in Manaus
March 10, 2021Manaus, Brazil (Feb. 26, updated March 4) — With the public health system collapsing and the oxygen crisis, Amazonas has had more than 290,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the second and worst wave of the...
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