February 10, 2024

Why single-payer might actually make it to Newsom’s desk By Rachel Bluth February 7, 2024   TIMING IS EVERYTHING: On paper, it wouldn’t seem like the perfect moment for California Democrats to finally pass universal health care.   It’s an election year and the state is facing a multibillion-dollar budget deficit. Any single-payer scheme would […]

“Unconscionable”: American Pediatrician Who Worked in Gaza Hospital Recalls Horrors of Israel’s War Interview with Dr. Seema Jilani by Democracy Now! February 6, 2024   Democracy Now! speaks with Dr. Seema Jilani, a pediatrician who spent two weeks in Central Gaza volunteering in the Al-Aqsa Hospital emergency room. “I saw the fall of a hospital

Obamacare Created Big Medicine By The Lever January 29, 2024   The dominant trend of US social life over the last fifteen years is a stagnating, and then declining, life span. There are many reasons for this trend, such as violence, diet, suicide, drug addiction, and auto accidents. But for many reasons, our monopolistic health

“Legacy”: Dr. Uché Blackstock on How Racism Shapes Healthcare in America Interview with Dr. Uché Blackstock by Democracy Now! February 1, 2024   On the first day of Black History Month, we take a look at how racism shapes healthcare in America. We speak with Dr. Uché Blackstock about her new book, Legacy: A Black