New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review By Erin Reed March 9, 2025 In recent years, U.S. politicians have selectively framed European healthcare policies to justify restrictions on transgender care, seizing on a handful of conservative policies to claim that “Europe is pulling back.” The most extreme example, […]
The fabricated panic over antisemitism in the U.S. medical community conceals an attack on Palestinians By Wendell Potter February 21, 2025 In 2024, I was disinvited from presenting a lecture on the health and human rights consequences of the Israeli assault on Gaza, by unnamed administrators at Harvard University, who (I was told) accused
DHS Detains Lead Negotiator of Columbia Gaza Solidarity Encampment, Claiming “Activities Aligned to Hamas” By Meghnad Bose March 9, 2025 NEW YORK CITY—On Saturday night, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents entered a student residential building at Columbia University in uptown New York and detained Mahmoud Khalil, one of the lead negotiators on behalf
by Sheila Bates Brittany Martin like so many heeded the call of our ancestors and the blood calling from the streets in 2020, she too heard the plea that George Floyd made when he called for his mama. It was deeply personal for her as well, her brother-in-law was killed in 2016, when
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UnitedHealth Group Is Being Investigated by the Department of Justice By Wendell Potter February 21, 2025 UnitedHealth Group, the largest U.S. health insurer, is once again under federal scrutiny—this time for potentially fraudulent Medicare billing practices. As The Wall Street Journal reported, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a civil fraud investigation into
Texas measles warning for Central Texas. Here’s what you need to know By The Associated Press February 18, 2025 The measles outbreak in West Texas may have reached Central Texas. The University of Texas at San Antonio warned students and staff that a visitor from Gaines County — the center of the Texas outbreak
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Study: 20 Million People Could Lose Medicaid Coverage Under GOP Bill Interview by Amy Goodman & Juan González (DemocracyNow!) With guest Sharon Parrott February 19, 2025 A new study projects as many as 20 million people could lose Medicaid coverage under a Republican congressional bill to cut the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion match
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Luigi Mangione draws crowd for first court hearing since arraignment in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing By Michael R. Sisak February 21, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — The defendant wore a bulletproof vest and shackles. A woman in the crowd wore a “Free Luigi” scarf. Outside, throngs of people cheered and chanted his name. So
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
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