Health
We Will Do It Together
In the coming year, we'll have to make unprecedented choices, as a nation and in every community, about who we want to be. [button...
We Need the President Harris Advantage, Not Medicare Advantage
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Trump Will Let Big Business Decide if We Live or Die
On a cold Indianapolis morning, Kiah Morris stands in front of the headquarters of the health insurance company Elevance/Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, along with hundreds of others. Like her, they have come from all over the country to demand their right to health...
Sick, Tired and Mad as Hell: We Demand an End to Care Denials at United's HQ
“What is our goal in being here today?” Mindy Salango from West Virginia Citizen Action Group asked the hundred protesters who took over the lobby of UnitedHealth Group (UHG)’s headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota on April 16. “That’s simple! We’re here to demand...
Who Are You to Decide if We Live or Die?
“There is no one in this country who is not impacted by the cruelty of our for-profit healthcare system,” Kiah Morris told the crowd gathered at the corporate headquarters of Elevance/Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Indianapolis. “While they have their profits on the...
We Must Act Now To End Vaccine Apartheid
Even as COVID-19 vaccines roll out in the United States, there is no end in sight to the pandemic for the vast majority of people in the world. Many in Central and South America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East won’t get access to COVID vaccines until 2024. This is...
Caged Indefinitely During COVID-19
Photo credit: Monroe County Sheriff / Twitter / cc In May, Citizen Action of New York, part of the People's Action national network of grassroots groups, learned of a man being held in indefinite detention because of COVID-19. We asked him if he would be willing to...
We Need a People's Bailout NOW
One of every five working Americans – more than 32 million people – have lost their job to COVID-19. A tsunami of evictions will come unless lawmakers take meaningful action now. Unemployment is rising - again. Hunger is rising, too. And cases of COVID are rising...
COVID-19 Does Not Discriminate; America's Health Care Does
Photo credit: Sara Eshleman, DOD / cc From alarming death rates for Black, Latinx and Indigenous people to the fact that women of color make up an astonishing percentage of the essential workers putting their health on the line, the coronavirus pandemic is hitting...
Trump, Wear The Damn Mask
Photo credit: Dylan Harukami, USAF / cc COVID-19 has killed 100,000 Americans so far and, due to his numerous lies and mistakes, Donald Trump is substantially to blame. Let us focus on one particular catastrophic mistake, discouraging Americans from using masks in...
