Inside One of the Last Hospitals in Gaza
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On June 6, the Rahma Worldwide international medical delegation arrived at Gaza European Hospital in Khan Younis. The humanitarian volunteers noticed something immediately: Some of the medical staff welcoming them—with the best food available, an assortment of cucumbers,…
The War on Drug Prices Is Just Getting Started
Prescription drugs at a Manhattan pharmacy in July.Spencer Platt/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Thursday, the Biden administration announced that it had negotiated down the cost of the 10 most costly drugs covered by Medicare in a landmark deal. Once the reduced…
White House Strikes Landmark Deal to Cut Drug Costs
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Sipa USA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Thursday, the Biden administration announced that—after months of negotiations—it had finally struck a deal with prescription drug companies to slash the prices of some of Medicare’s most expensive medications, prescriptions for which currently cost…
Disability Advocates Fear New York Will Gut a Key Home Care Program
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul at a press conference.Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In late April, New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers finalized a $233 billion budget for the next fiscal year. One item in its 144-page official…
More Than 260 Ohio Doctors Join the List of People Who Denounce JD Vance
Mother Jones; Stephen Maturen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Lots of people seem to dislike the views of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) these days: Jennifer Aniston, Congressional Republicans, and…maybe even Donald Trump? Now hundreds of medical professionals from Vance’s home state of Ohio…
Will Ohio Strike Down Its Draconian Gender-Affirming Care Ban?
A transgender rights advocate holds a sign outside the Ohio Statehouse during a protest against a bill to ban trans girls and women from playing women’s sports. Stephen Zenner/SOPA/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The fate of gender-affirming care for transgender youth in…