Unions Can Lead the Struggle for Single-Payer Health Care By Kay Tillow, Firedoglake August 18, 2014 Despite passage of the 2010 health care reform bill, employers continue to push for cuts in benefits and to shift costs to workers in higher monthly payments, co-pays, and deductibles. Wage increases are always trumped by this […]
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Medicare for All Helps Unions by Taking Health Care Off the Bargaining Table By Jack Delaney, Truthout February 14, 2020 On February 11 [2020], the Nevada Culinary Workers Union publicly criticized Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders’s Medicare for All plan ahead of the state’s Democratic presidential caucus. On February 12, Sanders responded, “Many, many unions
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California Faces Cuts to Disability Services in Governor’s 2025-26 Budget Plan Amid Federal Medicaid Threats By The Arc California May 2025 Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the May Revise of the 2025-26 state budget proposal. This budget proposal includes major cuts overall to Medicaid-funded services and DOES NOT include any potential impacts from
California governor seeks to exclude undocumented from Medicaid program By Guardian staff and agencies May 14, 2025 The California governor, Gavin Newsom, wants his state to stop enrolling more low-income immigrants without legal status in a state-funded healthcare program starting in 2026 and begin charging a monthly premium the following year to those already
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Asian American professor who teaches history of racism attacked in possible hate crime By Caroline Petrow-Cohen and Hannah Fry May 13, 2025 A Japanese American professor and Vietnam veteran was struck by a vehicle and called a racial slur while riding his bike last month in Montebello in an incident that police are investigating
Trump Admin Again Blocked From Cutting Billions in Public Health Money By Associated Press May 16, 2025 President Trump’s administration must put the brakes on slashing billions in federal money for public health departments, a federal judge said Friday. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy in Rhode Island granted the preliminary injunction request in
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Luigi Mangione’s Legal Defense Fundraiser Tops $1 Million By Matt Novak May 6, 2025 A fundraiser for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in New York last year, has raised over $1 million. The fundraiser surpassed that milestone on Tuesday, Mangione’s 27th birthday, and comes as his legal defense
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Free surgery clinic in Orange is first in the nation By Jonathan Horwitz | jhorwitz@scng.com May 2, 2025 The Lestonnac Free Clinic model is built on the shoulders of doctors and nurses who volunteer their time to meet the basic medical needs of low-income and uninsured individuals across Southern California. Now the volunteers
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1,000 Measles Cases in the US, But Few Solutions From RFK Jr. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 12, 2025 For only the second time in three decades, the number of measles cases in the United States has surpassed 1,000 in a calendar year, with no sign of new cases slowing down any time
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UnitedHealth Group shares plunge after report of Medicare fraud inquiry By Guardian staff and agencies May 15, 2025 Shares in the UnitedHealth Group tumbled after it was reported that the largest health insurer in the US is under investigation over possible criminal Medicare fraud. The US Department of Justice has been investigating the
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