Health care
: Helen Redmond Evidence of the health care crisis is piling up--and the actions of federal and state governments are making it worse.
November 29, 2011 : Nicole Colson Critical shortages of important cancer and other drugs are the result of Big Pharma deciding it isn't making enough profits.
November 9, 2011 Rallies called "My Medicaid Matters" were held across the country last month to oppose cuts to the program for the disabled and poor.
October 5, 2011 : Helen Redmond Thousands of uninsured Chicagoans stood in line for hours to receive free health and dental care from volunteer professionals.
August 29, 2011 An emergency room nurse describes the consequences of short-staffing--and how nurses came together to make a difference.
August 15, 2011 Cuts have to be made, the politicians say. So, let's start by cutting firms whose only purpose seems to be using tax dollars to persecute the disabled.
August 3, 2011 : Mike Marqusee Sitting with my IV drip, I am struck by all the human labor and ingenuity that come together in this medical moment.
August 1, 2011 : Tristin Adie The new health care law in Vermont is an important initial victory, but activists will need to keep up the pressure to win a truly universal system.
June 1, 2011 : Helen Redmond The Democrats' health care law turned one year old last month--and the problems with it are becoming more and more apparent.
April 13, 2011 A coalition of community, labor and health care advocates in San Francisco is taking on the California Pacific Medical Center.
April 12, 2011 : Sandy Boyer New York's "liberal" Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has engineered a drastic $2 billion cut in the state's Medicaid program.
April 7, 2011 : Ken Love Lately, I'm beginning to enjoy the nightmares I have while sleeping more than the one I have while awake.
April 4, 2011 : Wendell Potter A former executive for the giant insurer Cigna has become an outspoken opponent of the health insurance industry.
February 10, 2011 : Tristin Adie Vermont lawmakers are taking up proposals for a dramatic health care overhaul--and the idea of "single-payer" is on everyone's lips.
January 31, 2011 The war against universal health care reflects not only corporate power, but also the cruel contempt that the elites have for ordinary people.
January 6, 2011 : Rose Aguilar Whistleblower Wendell Potter has laid bare the health care industry's carefully crafted deceptions about proposals for reform.
January 5, 2011 When I visited the emergency room of a public hospital last summer, I sat in the triage section for several hours just waiting to be called.
December 2, 2010 I see the consequences of a broken public health care system every day--and Barack Obama's deficit commission wants to make things worse.
November 23, 2010 : Helen Redmond The Obama administration has continued compromising on its health care law, bowing to industry demands about its enforcement.
November 5, 2010 : Allan MacOwen Workers and residents were hit with yet another blow when the 200-bed North General Hospital in Harlem filed for bankruptcy.
August 26, 2010 : Helen Redmond When an exchange student from Northern Ireland was severely beaten, her grim odyssey through the U.S. health care non-system began.
July 28, 2010 As if being a member of the lost generation of young workers wasn't bad enough, I had to go and break my collarbone.
July 20, 2010 Patient-to-nurse ratios are so high at Baylor University Medical Center that patients like my mother have to lie in their own excrement so health care employers can turn a profit.
July 8, 2010 Despite the hopes of some, the passage of the health care bill is not a sign that Washington has embraced a new era of progressive reform.
March 31, 2010 : Mike Marqusee During the three years I've been in treatment for multiple myeloma, I've given thanks many times to Britain's National Health Service.
March 30, 2010
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