health care
Connecticut union health care workers conduct civil disobedience ‘die-in’
March 3, 2023Rejecting the idea that personal care workers should live in poverty, they laid down on the floor and took arrest in the state’s Legislative Office Building.
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Connecticut healthcare workers picket for a livable wage
January 23, 2023They also push for healthcare benefits for themselves and adequate staffing.
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Ontario paramedic: Canada’s public health care system in crisis
December 9, 2022While politicians pass the buck, patients and frontline workers—nurses, paramedics, doctors, and other professionals—are watching our health infrastructure fail.
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For the sake of our (mental) health, Detroit needs an alternative to policing
November 3, 2022The Motor City desperately needs an alternative to calling the police when mental health crises occur. Other locales have explored and tested new approaches worth studying.
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Defeating Republicans in Georgia would mean Medicaid health coverage for 450,000 more people
October 26, 2022Stacey Abrams, Democratic nominee for governor, is pushing for Georgia to join 38 other states in expanding the Medicaid health insurance program to cover all able-bodied adults.
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