Big Outbreaks Like The Coronavirus Actually Do Discriminate: Against the Poor and Most Needy
On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in a press conference that there is no end in sight to the rapidly expanding novel Coronavirus outbreak. As of Friday afternoon, there were 31,530 cases worldwide, including 12 in the United States, with estimates of 638 deaths, mostly in China. Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Director…
South Dakota Lawmakers Just Voted to Send Doctors to Jail for Helping Trans Kids
South Dakota is poised to be the first state to criminalize gender affirming health care for transgender youth.Kathy Willens/AP After hours of heated (and often comically inaccurate) debate, South Dakota’s House of Representatives on Wednesday became the first in the country to green light a bill that prohibits gender–affirming medical care for transgender kids. The…
Trump Is Coming After California’s Abortion Protections
People rally in support of abortion rights at the California state Capitol.Rich Pedroncelli/AP While Trump addressed crowds of people on the National Mall at the annual anti-abortion March for Life Rally on Friday—a major symbolic gesture—his administration announced a far more tangible attack on abortion rights in America. The Department of Health and Human Services…
Don’t Let Trump Fool You Into Thinking He’s Improving Health Care
Alex Edelman/CNP/Zuma President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday morning with a brazenly false claim about his health care policy. Mini Mike Bloomberg is spending a lot of money on False Advertising. I was the person who saved Pre-Existing Conditions in your Healthcare, you have it now, while at the same time winning the fight…
A Federal Court Just Found a Key Part of Obamacare Unconstitutional
Sachelle Babbar/Zuma A federal appeals court just dealt a major blow to Obamacare. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the individual mandate—a key part of the Affordable Care Act requiring uninsured Americans to pay a yearly penalty—was unconstitutional since it could no longer be considered a tax after the GOP tax bill from…
This Is What Happens When You Let a For-Profit Company Run Public Benefits
Mario Henderson leads chants of “save Medicaid” in a 2017 protest in Jackson, Mississippi.Rogelio V. Solis/AP Children lost health coverage, pharmacies stopped filling prescriptions, and seniors were unable to access the care they needed due to problems at Maximus, a private company that administers public services like state Medicaid programs and food stamps, according to…