Learning From Decades of Public Health Failure
George Aumoithe. (Photo by Oriana Koren) One glaring revelation of the Covid-19 crisis is how ill-prepared the United States turned out to be for an … Read more
Medicaid
Health Care Reform’s History of Utter Failure
A March for Medicare for All in Washington, D.C., 2021. (Probal Rashid / Getty) The American health care system is a notorious disaster. On the … Read more
Exclusive: Dems’ Medicaid dreams hit Manchin roadblock
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Medicaid Work Requirements Appear to Be Dead
A medical assistant checks a patient’s blood pressure on a Metro Community Provider Network in Aurora, Colorado. The center has admitted approximately 6,000 additional Medicaid-eligible … Read more
A Rare Victory for Abortion Access
In 2011, advocates of the women’s right to abortion line the sidewalk in front of the Dr. Emily Women’s Health Center. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty … Read more
What Joe Manchin Doesn’t Get About the GOP’s Voter Suppression
Senator Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) resists Adopting democratic reforms such as the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act “in a partisan manner” as this “will … Read more
Democrats plot Medicaid expansion backdoor in red states refusing program
Expanding coverage to the estimated 2.2 million people who do not have affordable health insurance options in the expanding Medicaid states would fulfill a promise … Read more
Medicaid Expansion Is a Better Deal Than Ever. But Republicans Still Won’t Do It.
Florida voters protested in their state official’s offices to call for Medicaid to expand in 2013. The state has not yet expanded the program. (Joe … Read more
‘Opponents of Medicare for All Are Deathly Afraid’
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. (Photo by Razi Jafri / Courtesy Oxford University Press) Even if the short-term dream of bringing a Medicare for All (M4A) champion … Read more
‘A shining moment’: Congress agrees to restore Medicaid for Pacific Islanders
The decision to expel the Marshallese from Medicaid contributed to the islanders. higher disease and death ratesResearchers have concluded that these differences were compounded by … Read more
