Latest Health

• Oram: Dollar Meals and Diabetes

  Logan County is ground zero for another battle—the struggle to survive in a region with the highest rates of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in the country
• Gregory: Impeachment (and removal): Good for public health

  Funding for mental health care for military members is woefully inadequate--in an era when Trump is radically increasing funding for more nuclear weapons--the ultimate threat ever made to public health
• Lord: Health Care and ‘Head Taxes’: An Unhealthy Combination

  We need to fix the health care system that has Joe Six-Pack paying the same basic tax as Jeff Bezos
• Koshgarian: Medicare for All, or Endless War?

  We could easily fund health care for all by ending military boondoggles and fruitless wars. Here’s how.
• Holden: Tens of Thousands of Deaths Linked to Weak US Air Pollution Rules

  Researchers linked nine causes of death with a certain type pollution when reviewing medical records of deceased veterans
• Kramer: A 12-Step Program to Opioid Justice

  Finding Peace Amid the New Opium Wars
• and Holly Otterbein: Bernie Sanders Wins Endorsement of Nurses’ Union

  Bernie Sanders is, and has been, leading on Medicare for All through his advocacy and Senate legislation”
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  De Luna Navarro: Undocumented Immigrant Enforcement Policies Drive Public Mental Health Crisis

  Imagine running away from a lion all your life — that's how 11 million undocumented immigrants feel today, and it takes a toll on their mental health
• Conley: ‘Dystopian’

  Reproductive Rights Advocates Decry California Woman's Murder Charge Over Her Stillborn Baby
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  Early: “Other Than Honorable?”

  Veterans With “Bad Paper” Seek Long Overdue Benefits
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  Dayen: Warren’s Medicare for All Plan

  The deeply detailed proposal cuts health care costs and finds other revenues, saving ordinary Americans $11 trillion in premiums and deductibles
• Quigley: Diabetes patients are leading a new access to medicines movement

  A fast-growing movement led by people with Type 1 diabetes is calling for bold solutions to the exorbitant cost of insulin — and they're having an impact
• Saez: Medicare for All Would Cut Taxes for Most Americans

  Not only would universal healthcare reduce taxes for most people, it would also lead to the biggest take-home pay raise in a generation for most workers
• Day: The Coming Long-Term Care Crisis

  Americans are aging, and millions will be unable to afford long-term care. The only way to avert social catastrophe is to implement a Medicare-for-All system with comprehensive long-term care benefits
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  Baker: Senator Warren’s Answer on Taxes and Medicare for All is Exactly Right

  The idea that Medicare for All can’t work because it means higher taxes should be rejected for the nonsense it is
• Lindorff: Slashing Military Spending Could Easily Fund Medicare for All

  Something very unusual happened on Thursday, Oct. 17. The New York Times suddenly ran an article on its opinion page explaining how to cut $300 billion from the $1-trillion military budget — enough, the article explained, to fund Bernie Sanders’ proposed program for an expanded Medicare program
• Cicerchia: The Abortion Rights Movement Must Rethink Its Strategy

  In the face of an aggressive assault by the right, the abortion rights movement should abandon its defensive stance and advocate fully integrating abortion into the country’s healthcare system
• Koshgarian: Fund ‘Medicare for All’ by Slashing the Military

  We’ve identified more than $300 billion in annual military savings alone that we could better invest in priorities like Medicare for All
• Perez: Documents Reveal Hospital Industry Leading Fight Against Medicare for All

  Investor-owned hospitals are leading the fight against the creation of a comprehensive, universal health care system, according to corporate filings reviewed by MapLight
• Appelbaum: How Private Equity Makes You Sicker

  Investment firms have created consolidated hospital empires across America, leading to closures, higher prices, and suffering