Trump Just Made it Easier to Deny Medicaid to Those Who Need It
The move to allow states to require ‘proof of work’ for Medicaid recipients is punitive and counter-productive—not to mention hypocritical.
Health
Do the Poor Deserve Decent Health?
America’s legions of rich right-wing ideologues see no particular reason why.
Forget the Nordic Diet. Try the Nordic Tax Plan.
French, Japanese, and Scandinavian people don’t live longer because they eat more nutritious food. They live longer because they live in more equal societies.
Tax Cuts for the Rich, Paid for with Your Health Care
So-called “tax reform” would have the same result as health care repeal: millions lose their care, while millionaires get a tax break.
Taxing the Wealthy to Pay for Universal Home Care
Activists in Maine are mobilizing to put a path-breaking proposal on the 2018 ballot that would fund in-home services for the state's elderly and disabled.
We Get Sick, They Get Rich
Our ‘free market’ health care system gives CEOs the freedom to squeeze us.
How Air-Conditioning Unites and Divides
The vast majority of Americans now have A/C at home. At work, it's a different story.
Don’t Lie to Poor Kids About Why They’re Poor
Those at the bottom — and the top — deserve to know why their experiences are so different.