Organizing in the South shows everyday people must step in when a society lurches off its rails.
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Pissed-Off Doctors Aren’t Enough to Combat Trump’s Attacks on Public Health Read Post »
This aggressive collection practice is widespread even in a state considered to have strong consumer protections.
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Workers’ Wages Continue to Be Garnished to Pay Off Medical Debt Read Post »
As Democrats and Republicans trade accusations over which party is responsible for the government shutdown, new polling suggests that President Donald Trump’s efforts to falsely claim—in social media posts, on television, on government agencies’ websites, and in internal directives to federal employees—that Democrats shut down the government because they want to provide “free health care […]
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Americans Aren’t Buying Trump’s Shutdown Blame Game Read Post »
In 2001, Congress implemented partial Medicare coverage for telehealth, allowing remote visits with doctors and other forms of long-distance care—a response to the increasing need, in particular, for people in rural areas to reach specialists, and an essential service especially after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, when lawmakers expanded that coverage to a broad […]
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Another Shutdown Casualty: Medicare Telehealth Coverage Read Post »
“Republicans are still refusing to come to the table” regarding Democrats’ demands, said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
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Trump Posts Racist AI-Generated Video Ahead of Looming Government Shutdown Read Post »
Twenty-five years ago today, the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of mifepristone for abortions. Now, the drug is more under threat than ever as anti-abortion Republicans seek to revoke FDA approval of the drug in a bid to further curtail abortion access nationwide. The first of two drugs used in the standard abortion […]
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On Its 25th Birthday, Mifepristone Is More Under Attack Than Ever Read Post »
North Carolina and Idaho have already announced plans to cut payments to hospitals, doctors, and caregivers.
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States Are Scrambling to Cut Medicaid Before Trump’s Cuts Even Hit Read Post »
As a trans journalist, I see corporate media outlets as inconsistent in their treatment of right-wing disinformation.
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Anti-Trans Policy Deserves Same Scrutiny as Trump’s Tylenol Disinformation Read Post »
Democrats will be under pressure to fight for their LGBTQ — and especially their transgender — constituents.
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Trump Has Doubled Down on Anti-Trans Provisions Amid Shutdown Fight Read Post »
At least one Planned Parenthood affiliate is preparing to drop abortion services in an apparent bid to remain eligible to participate in Medicaid under the GOP budget law enacted this summer. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI) is not scheduling abortion appointments beyond September 30, two sources confirm to Autonomy News. Under the Congressional budget’s “defund” […]
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Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Will Stop Abortions—Even Though They’re Legal Read Post »
Since President Trump’s rambling Monday announcement about the supposed cause of autism and a purported new treatment, anti-vaccine groups have grappled with what the administration’s latest revelations mean for their movement. While some MAHA activists appeared to be overjoyed that the president had brought their cause to a national stage, others were frustrated that it […]
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Anti-Vax Groups Struggle to Explain How Tylenol Fits In With Their Whole Thing Read Post »
On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference on their attempts to divine the causes of autism—much to the chagrin of many autistic adults, who were completely excluded from the process. The two, alongside administration officials including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator […]
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Disgust, Horror, and “Elimination”: Trump and RFK Jr.’s Eugenicist Autism Conference Read Post »
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