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The Hidden Cost Behind Your “$0 Copay” Drug Assistance Program By Helen Santoro February 6, 2025   Last year, Heather Bryan was diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer, for which she was prescribed Cotellic, a pill that slows the spread of cancer cells. The medication alleviated some of her most serious symptoms, but […]

Insurers Are Abandoning Homeowners Over Wildfire Risk But Investing in Big Oil By Derek Seidman , Truthout January 30, 2025   The massive Los Angles fires, stoked by climate change, have been devastating for thousands of displaced homeowners and renters whose dwellings have been damaged or destroyed. The full costs of the catastrophe are still

Israel Is Blocking 11 American Doctors and Nurses From Leaving Gaza By Prem Thakker January 25, 2025   Only days into Israel’s ceasefire with Hamas, 11 American doctors and nurses say the Israeli government is blocking them from leaving Gaza and returning to the United States.   The doctors, who entered Gaza on Jan. 9

Mutual Aid Networks That Emerged in Housing Crisis Are Mobilizing Amid LA Fires By Schuyler Mitchell , Truthout January 16, 2025   I’ve always said that Los Angeles is a mirror: Whatever you’re seeking, you’ll find it reflected back to you. Sure, the city has its ugly parts — celebrity worship and diet fads and

Big Agriculture Is Leading Us Into the Bird Flu Abyss By Schuyler Mitchell , Truthout January 6, 2025   We might have just rung in a new year, but it feels like an epidemiological Groundhog Day. Nearly five years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, public health experts are once again sounding the alarm.

When a medical insurance CEO was shot dead, people celebrated his death. What does this tell us about American healthcare? By Richard Hall December 6, 2024   When the CEO of one of the largest medical insurance companies in the United States was gunned down on the street in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, his death

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to reverse plan to cap anesthesia coverage in three states By Mary Kekatosm ABCNews December 5, 2024   Insurance company Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said it will reverse a policy that would have resulted in coverage for anesthesia services being potentially capped in Connecticut, Missouri and New York.  

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths By Amy Yurkanin November 21, 2024   Georgia officials have dismissed all members of a state committee charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women. The move came in response to ProPublica having obtained internal reports detailing two deaths.  

Why Project 2025 Is So Bad for Veterans By Mark Foreman October 02, 2024   In 1968, when I was 20 years old, I volunteered to serve with the Marines in Vietnam. I was trained to be a Navy Corpsman (medic) and attached to the Marines. I was only there five weeks before being seriously

November 11 Is Armistice Day: Veterans Demand Ceasefire in Gaza By Gerry Condon November 11, 2024   November 11, declared Armistice Day at the end of World War I, is celebrated in the U.S. as Veterans Day. Understanding why requires us to recall World War I and its aftermath.   World War I was an