by Andy Spears | Jul 25, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health
Medicare for All is a popular idea — 70 percent of Americans say they support it, including 52 percent of Republicans. Why? Because in red and blue states alike, they see the costs of a market-driven system that values profit over patients. There’s perhaps no state in...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 23, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health, Inequality, Opioid Crisis
Last week didn’t go so well for the Mexican druglord Joaquín Guzmán Loera. A federal district court sentenced the notorious “El Chapo” to life in prison. The 62-year-old will almost certainly, notes the New York Times, be “spending the rest of his life behind bars.”...
by Lisa M. Peck, MD | Jul 15, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health
I have been practicing Internal Medicine in Lake County, Illinois for over 25 years. Every day I meet patients who struggle to afford their health care. Sadly, stories of failing care aren’t the exceptions in this country: they’re often the rule. Our system is...
by Sameena Mustafa | Jul 10, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health
What does the American Medical Association (AMA) have in common with Sen. Mitch McConnell? Both refuse to support Medicare for All, the single-payer universal health care program proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila...
by Carrie McBane | Jun 20, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health
My name is Carrie McBane, and I live in Sylva, North Carolina. I have Type 2 diabetes, so my life depends on daily access to drugs I can’t afford out of pocket, and I don’t have healthcare coverage. Every day when I wake up, I am reminded that my life, and all aspects...
by Jerad Halcott | Jun 13, 2019 | Blog, Criminal Justice, Featured, Health, Opioid Crisis
To save lives from our opioid epidemic, we have to meet drug users where they are. I know: I’m living proof. My name is Jerad Halcott, and I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. At ten, I was huffing prescription drugs, then I moved on to stronger stuff. At fifteen,...
