health care
VA union blasts recommendation to break up, privatize vets’ health care system
July 12, 2016"Destroying this system creates dangerous gaps in treatment and missed opportunities to heal veterans."
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The Minnesota problem: Why we need single payer health care now
July 5, 2016Blue Cross/Blue Shield has ditched Minnesota's health exchanges, leaving over 100,000 uninsured. Single payer would leave no one behind.
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Democratic Party platform panel waffles on trade and health care
June 30, 2016Michael Smith had a message for the Democratic Party - stand up for workers who have lost jobs to so-called "free trade" pacts.
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AFGE’s members plan 38 anti-privatization rallies coast to coast to boost VA
June 24, 2016AFGE delegates vowed to fight for the agency: Serving the nation's veterans is "a sacred promise, a promise that will never be violated."
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Swimming in the gene pool: the haves and have nots
June 21, 2016Naysayers view informed access to their genetic profile through glasses that only see morals and money, not the promise of public science for public good.
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