Hundreds of VA staff warned that policy changes under Trump will “negatively affect the lives of all veterans.”
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On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services made an announcement that it promised would change the lives of millions of American women for the better: Hormone replacement therapy, the combination of hormone drugs that can treat the symptoms of menopause, was about to be depathologized. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had decided […]
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The Many Problems With the FDA’s Big Menopause Announcement Read Post »
In a wide-ranging Sunday night interview on CBS News’s “60 Minutes,” President Donald Trump put his desire for unchecked power on full display. He bragged to correspondent Norah O’Donnell that, thanks to the Insurrection Act of 1792, he can invade your city whenever he wants. He said immigration raids—including acts of police violence such as […]
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Trump Brags He Could Invade Your City Whenever He Wants Read Post »
Trump is calling for a cheaper, more effective health care system. Medicare for All fits both of those criteria.
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Trump Blames Obamacare for Premium Hikes His Own Policies Created Read Post »
Critics say Trump is exploiting the federal shutdown to unilaterally slash the safety net and cause unnecessary pain.
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Attorneys General Sue Trump for Using Shutdown to Disrupt Food Aid for Millions Read Post »
One of the largest health care worker unions is spearheading the push to get the proposal on the November 2026 ballot.
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CA Organizers’ Proposal Would Tax Billionaires to Mitigate Medicaid Cut Harm Read Post »
To hear former Planned Parenthood Southeast staffers tell it, the alarm bells started going off in the summer of 2024. The latest CEO had just been ousted, and the organization needed a seasoned reproductive rights advocate to lead it through a period of unprecedented political and institutional upheaval. Instead, Mairo Akposé, the new interim chief […]
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Staffers Fear a Southern Planned Parenthood Faces a “Dangerous Threat From Within” Read Post »
By the spring of 2022, Ed Aldag was fed up. The 61-year-old CEO of a multibillion-dollar real estate company called Medical Properties Trust, Aldag is a high-society fixture in the company’s hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, where MPT has donated millions to local nonprofits and where he’s regularly listed as one of the city’s most influential […]
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The Secret Campaign to Silence Critics of a Hospital Real Estate Empire Read Post »
Research shows that private equity acquisitions raise costs and can lead to deterioration in patient care.
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As Federal Action Stalls, States Aim to Curb Private Equity Greed in Health Care Read Post »
In the Oval Office on Thursday, several Cabinet members and advocates for in vitro fertilization (IVF) gathered to claim that President Donald Trump was delivering on his campaign trail pledge to radically expand access to the popular but expensive process for getting pregnant. In reality, Thursday’s announcement falls far short of Trump’s prior promise to […]
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So Much for Trump’s Promise of Free IVF Read Post »
This article is a collaboration with Autonomy News, a worker-owned publication covering reproductive rights and justice. Sign up for a free or paid subscription, and follow them on Instagram, TikTok, and Bluesky. Crisis pregnancy centers have played a central role in the anti-abortion movement since the 1960s, often misleading and confusing people seeking abortions while purporting to help them. They […]
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How Abortion Pill “Reversal” Became a Powerful Right-Wing Legal Weapon Read Post »
Overworked and understaffed, over 45,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente are poised to strike.
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23 Unions Plan to Strike Together If Kaiser Fails to Address Workplace Crises Read Post »
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