Study reveals staggering toll of being Black in America: 1.6 million excess deaths over 22 years By Liz Szabo, KFF Health News May 16, 2023 Racism is at the heart of the American government’s failure to tackle the growing threat of deadly heatwaves, according to the author of an authoritative new book on the […]
Racism at heart of US failure to tackle deadly heatwaves, expert warns By Nina Lakhani, Climate justice reporter August 6, 2023 Racism is at the heart of the American government’s failure to tackle the growing threat of deadly heatwaves, according to the author of an authoritative new book on the heating planet. Jeff
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Inglewood hospital fined $75,000 for failures that led to maternal death By Emily Alpert Reyes, Staff Writer August 7, 2023 California regulators have fined Centinela Hospital Medical Center $75,000 after faulting the Inglewood hospital for “deficient practices” that led to a patient dying while admitted there for labor and delivery. The California Department
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Doctors have their own diagnosis: ‘Moral distress’ from an inhumane health system By Lisa Doggett, Public Health Watch August 2, 2023 The young man was in his mid-20s when he came to see me for severe abdominal pain at my small community clinic. The pain, worse than any he’d ever experienced, had persisted for
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Insured Americans are increasingly putting off important medical treatments they can’t afford By Mark Kreidler, for Capital & Main July 30, 2023 Americans are being buried under a mountain of medical debt – including people with health insurance. Kaiser Health News reported last year that 100 million adults in America are carrying medical
The LOOP NOW Coalition sent a letter to Congressional leaders asking them to introduce bipartisan legislation to begin reducing Americans’ exposure to absurdly high out-of-pocket requirements. By Wendell Potter July 21, 2023 Americans are being buried under a mountain of medical debt – including people with health insurance. Kaiser Health News reported last
Why It’s Dangerous To Get Sick In America By The Lever Author(s) July 7, 2023 The U.S. health care system is cruel and dysfunctional. It’s also deeply corrupt. Below, we break down some of The Lever’s reporting on America’s extraordinarily complicated health care system — and the private interests and craven politicians who are
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Why the Next Big Hope for Alzheimer’s Might Not Help Most Black Patients By Arthur Allen July 10, 2023 The FDA on Thursday gave full approval to what many scientists and doctors believe is the first drug to show promise of slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. But while patient advocates are
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New York City retirees score major victory in Medicare Advantage fight By Annie McDonough August 11, 2023 A state Supreme Court judge blocked New York City from switching municipal retirees to a Medicare Advantage plan aimed at saving hundreds of millions of dollars in health care costs, delivering retirees a key victory in a
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The Unfolding Medicaid Disaster By: Andrew Perez & Nick Byron Campbell Jun 21, 2023 As states have begun clearing out their Medicaid rolls for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly three quarters of the Americans who’ve lost coverage have been terminated not because they’re ineligible for the low-income health
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