Calls Grow for Israel to Release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya; U.S. Doctor Says “Nobody Is Safe” in Gaza by Democracy Now! July 7, 2026 Israel continues to ignore international calls to free the director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, from over 18 months of Israeli detention without charge. After seeing […]
GOP Rep. Tom Kean Jr. Says Clinical Depression Led to 117-Day Absence from Congress by Democracy Now! July 7, 2026 A New Jersey Republican congressman recently emerged from 117 days of unexplained absence, saying he’d been hospitalized for clinical depression. Congressmember Tom Kean Jr. spoke from the House floor last week — his
Doctors Skeptical of Insurers’ Pledges to Rein in Prior Authorization by Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor, MedPage Today May 14, 2026 Physicians remain skeptical that health insurers’ pledges to ease prior authorization hassles will result in any meaningful action, an American Medical Association (AMA) survey found. In June 2025, a group of about 60
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Health Care Costs is the Issue Voters Can’t Afford to Ignore By Wendell Potter May 5, 2026 Pope Leo XIV (who became pope a year ago this week) isn’t just the first American pontiff—he’s also, as a Chicago native and Villanova University alum, the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church to have experienced
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A One-Pager on What’s Wrong with U.S. Health Care By Drew Altman April 23, 2026 The other day, I was asked for a one-pager on what’s wrong with the U.S. health system. “Just one page.” To my amazement, with our thousands of fact sheets and policy briefs and even our Health Policy 101, we
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A One-Pager on What’s Wrong with U.S. Health Care By California Nurses Association April 20, 2026 California Nurses Association (CNA) members condemn the California State Assembly’s failure to advance A.B. 1900, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act, also known as CalCare, at a time when health care is needed more urgently than
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WGA staff union says they’ve been stripped of healthcare amid strike By Cerys Davies April 1, 2026 After seven weeks on strike, members of the Writers Guild Staff Union are losing their healthcare. The staff typically has access to the same plan offered to the Writers Guild members through the Producer-Writers Guild of
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Why More U.S. Doctors Are Moving to Canada By Wendell Potter March 16, 2026 When I was an insurance executive, whenever major health care reform bills were getting traction in Washington, my colleagues and I pulled our propaganda playbooks off the shelf and launched our fearmongering campaigns. A big part of the playbook centered
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What is “Medically Necessary”? By Ron Howrigon January 27, 2026 We hear the term “medically necessary” used every day by insurance companies as a reason to deny or delay health care. While doctors were hard at work treating patients, insurers quietly co-opted the term, and that’s causing serious problems now. If you ask
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Kaiser Permanente pays $556 million for Medicare fraud while claiming there is no money for striking workers By Marc Wells February 4, 2026 The ongoing strike by 31,000 nurses, technicians, and other healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in California and Hawaii has entered its second week, amidst an eruption of strikes and protests across
