health care
Health care for older immigrants experiences momentum among states
July 26, 2021Most mornings, 62-year-old Maria Elena Estamilla wakes up with pelvic pain and dread that she faces the same fate as her mother and grandmother: fatal cervical cancer.
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Republicans lose again: Supreme Court upholds Obamacare, 7 to 2
June 17, 2021On a practical level, the ruling means that the Affordable Care Act is here to stay.
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Does Canada’s vaccine crisis mean public health care is flawed?
April 29, 2021Privatization and profiteering leave Canada in a COVID vaccine lurch.
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The ‘wellness’ industry is no substitute for real mental health care
April 16, 2021In a capitalist economy where no “need” or want goes unfulfilled when there is a profit to be made, it’s no surprise that the “wellness” industry has flourished.
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Only way to go: Single-payer healthcare gave me back my life
April 14, 2021I have personal experience with single-payer health care, directly contrasting treatment for the same medical diagnosis under the U.S. for-profit private insurance formula with Canada’s single-payer paradigm.
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