Failing to provide health care to 29.3 million people is “unethical” and “politically wrong, morally wrong,” said former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in an interview with the Guardian.
The U.S. is the only wealthy country without universal coverage — and Ban faults “powerful” interest groups within the pharmaceutical, hospitals, and doctors sector.
“Here, the political interest groups are so, so powerful,” Ban said. “Even president, Congress,...
Month: September 2018
The Health 202: Rural Trump voters hurt most when states don’t expand Medicaid
A new report and voter data paint the picture.
Drug Industry Tries to Slip $4 Billion Windfall Into Opioid Bill
Drug companies are eyeing a popular opioid bill to roll back discounts for Medicare beneficiaries, but opposition has quickly mobilized.
GOP senate candidate vows to protect people with pre-existing conditions while doing the opposite
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, who is currently running for Senate against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), put out an ad Monday afternoon touting his commitment to protecting people with pre-existing conditions, despite currently working as part of a lawsuit that aims to end protections for pre-existing conditions.
“We’ve got two perfect little boys. Just ask their mama,” Hawley says in the ad, which his campaign shared on Twitter Monday. “Earlier this ...
Two federal judges rule insurance companies must cover transgender health procedures
Two different federal courts granted rulings last week in favor of allowing transgender people to access the medically necessary care prescribed to them by their doctors.
The rulings confirm the Affordable Care Act’s protections on the basis of sex extend to transgender people.
In Wisconsin, two University of Wisconsin employees challenged an exclusion to the Uniform Benefits established by the state’s Government Insurance Board. The exclusion prohibited coverage ...
Senate candidate pushes tougher enforcement of attempted abuse while dismissing Kavanaugh claims
Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), his party’s nominee against incumbent Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, made national headlines on Friday when he dismissed the first set of allegations of attempted rape against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as “absurd.” His reasoning: the parties involved were drunk teens and the alleged sexual assault was ““supposedly an attempt or something that never went anywhere.”
But just one day before his suggestion that attemp...
The Health 202: Republicans are running from health care on the campaign trail — except for President Trump
Trump talks Obamacare repeal to the base.
One Big Problem With Medicaid Work Requirement: People Are Unaware It Exists
Arkansas is the first state to test it, and thousands have been kicked off the program.
Trump’s dramatic new plan to label immigrants a ‘public charge,’ explained
Immigrants who utilize virtually all public benefits risk jeopardizing their ability to stay in the country under new rules announced by the Trump administration.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will require immigration caseworkers to take into account a number of additional factors in considering applications for immigration visas (like work visas or family-based visas) or green cards (permanent residency).
Immigrants who opt to use such benefits — even for U...
Dementia rates are set to double by 2060, and minorities will get hit hardest
This week, researchers from the US Centers of Disease Control (CDC) published a paper looking at predicted dementia rates across the country. Currently 1.6% of the population, or about 5 million people, have Alzheime...
