The Democratic Candidates Have a Plan to Protect Abortion Rights
John Minchillo/AP When the moderators at the Democratic debate Tuesday night finally asked about abortion, many of the candidates were ready with a simple plan. Congress, they argued, should pass legislation codifying the right to an abortion established in Roe v. Wade—a move that could take the matter out of the hands of the Supreme Court…
Trump Signed an Executive Order to “Protect” Medicare. Good Luck if You Have Any Other Type of Insurance.
Trump addresses supporters before signing an executive order in The Villages, Florida.Octavio Jones/Zuma In an apparent attempt to appeal to senior voters—and to divert attention away from the impeachment inquiry rocking the White House—President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that changes aspects of Medicare Advantage, the private-sector health plan that covers one third…
How a Hospital Was Shamed Into Forgiving 6,500 People’s Unpaid Medical Bills
Carrie Barrett (left), a former defendant in a suit brought by a large hospital network, celebrates the cancellation of her mounting medical debt after an investigation by ProPublica and MLK50 Memphis.Andrea Morales for MLK50 Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up…
An Ebola Doctor Explains the Good News and Bad News of the New Treatment Breakthrough
Women wash their hands at an Ebola screening station as they enter the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Rwanda on July 16, 2019 in Goma.John Wessels/AFP/Getty Congo’s health ministry said Friday that the second-largest Ebola outbreak has spread to a third province in the country. The latest cases identified in South Kivu province follow…
Trump’s Anti-Obamacare Insurance Plans Are Ripping People Off
President Donald Trump in October, 2017 signing an executive order “to promote healthcare choice and competition,” including expanding the duration of short-term health insurance plansRon Sachs/Zuma The so-called “junk insurance” plans the Trump administration promotes may be helping insurance companies more than patients. Short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans—Obamacare workarounds that do not have to comply…
Trump Blames Shootings on Mental Illness. But He’s Spent the Past 2 Years Trying to Cut Access to Health Coverage.
Chris Kleponis/Zuma During an address to the nation on the Monday morning following a weekend in which two mass shootings in the United States left 31 people dead, President Donald Trump deflected the blame for the massacres away from firearm access, saying, “Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun.” But despite voicing concerns…