Why Maximus Workers Are Walking off the Job
I help seniors access affordable healthcare through Medicare. It’s time for the Biden Administration to make sure I can afford my own.
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The Medicare for All Movement Has Lost a Hero
Ady Barkan, a powerful moral force in the fight for a just healthcare system, died last week at the age of 39 from ALS.
Poverty Just Jumped — And It Was No Accident
I’ve lived and studied poverty most of my life. But you don’t have to be an expert to see why it’s spiking after lawmakers let antipoverty programs expire.
How the U.S. Could Prohibit Medical Debt From Appearing on Credit Reports
More than 100 million people across the U.S. are saddled with medical debt — a product of the nation’s high-cost, for-profit healthcare system.
What Decades of Social Work Taught Me About Poverty
Not one person I’ve ever met wants to be poor, sick, disabled, struggling, or on the receiving end of public assistance programs.
55 Years After the Launch of the Poor People’s Campaign, Taking Stock of Interlocking Injustices
New fact sheets by the Poor People’s Campaign and the Institute for Policy Studies reveal disturbing data on systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, and militarism in every U.S. state.
Private Equity Can Kill: Fight Wall Street’s Deadly Power in Nursing Homes
Private equity, an ownership structure that puts distant financiers in charge of how a business is run, has been shown to result in worse health outcomes for patients, at greater cost.
Inequality is Weakening Social Security. Here’s How We Fix That.
When Congress set the cap on Social Security contributions in 1983, they didn’t anticipate forty years of rising inequality. And it’s cost us — a lot.
Health Care Is Sick — And Profit Is the Disease
Corporate consolidation is burning out health care professionals and killing patients. But there’s another way.