healthcare
Supreme Court dumps fate of Affordable Care Act right into height of election campaign
March 4, 2020If the GOP wins and the ACA dies: 20 million people lose health insurance and 130 million more with pre-existing conditions face denial of care.
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Kaiser mental health clinicians step up their fight for patient care
October 17, 2019Kaiser Permanente’s mental health clinicians throughout California are taking their years-long struggle to assure adequate care for their patients to a new level this week.
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Nurses’ Medicare For All campaign picks up key lawmakers
October 3, 2019National Nurses United’s long-running campaign to garner congressional support for Medicare For All has won several key lawmakers to the cause.
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An (almost) death in the family, and the cost left behind
September 4, 2019Just as quick as the onset of stroke, the medical bills arrived in the mail, nearly half a million dollars of them.
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Union leaders laud house vote to repeal ‘Cadillac tax’ on health care plans
July 19, 2019The tax, part of the ACA, was supposed to prompt market-driven decisions by consumers on health care, but economic analysts pointed out it would lead to declines in coverage instead.
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