Corona Virus Isn’t as Serious as Not Having a National Healthcare...

Well, here we are, in a full-blown public health emergency and the federal government whose job it is to provide the necessary precautions and...

CBO Report Shows Medicare-for-All Costs Less Than Previously Thought

If there is anything the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic fiasco has exposed, it’s our societal inequities. When it comes to public health, the most obvious inequity lies...

‘Patriots’ Rand Paul And Mike Lee Block 9/11 Victim Compensation Bill...

The Republican party loves to refer to itself as the party of "patriots." In promoting this label, it relies on exploiting traditional symbols of American...

First Past Roe, Winner Take All

Author Mark Twain once said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” Last week, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) once again demonstrated its...

Democratic Socialism is Looking Pretty Good Right About Now (Video)

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is this generation's smallpox. It's our 1918 influenza pandemic. Considering our financial infrastructure was already failing before the pandemic reached our shores, the...

COVID Omitted on Death Certificates Brings Families More Pain (Video)

To date, more than 390,000 Americans have succumbed to COVID-19. As of Saturday, there are 23,644,885 confirmed cases in the United States. By the time you read...

EPA Refuses To Ban A Neurotoxin To Which We Have All...

Do you ever get the feeling the Trump administration deliberately contravenes whatever makes the most logical sense? "Bad for the environment? Let's do it!" "Blatantly violates...

Most Uncovered Healthcare Costs Now Illegal Under the ‘No Surprises Act’

It happens to millions every year. They have a medical emergency and assume their health insurance will cover the costs. Then a month or so later...

Trump Grants Florida Pandemic Resources While Blue States Die (Video)

Why is Florida apparently the only state to be receiving the lion's share of equipment necessary to combat the coronavirus? Might it have something to...

Biden Promises a Vaccine for Every American by July (Video)

As a candidate for president, Joe Biden promised to get control of the COVID-19 pandemic with robust federal intervention and oversight--two qualities the Trump...

Here Are (Real) Facts About The Canadian Healthcare System (Video)

A great deal of last week’s Democratic debates centered on healthcare.  And when the chilling words “Medicare-for-All” are spoken, there is inevitably someone--moderate Democrat or...

We Aren’t Paying Enough Attention to COVID’s Long-Term Damage

As the second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic nears, focus is naturally on the number of infections, deaths, and hospitalizations, especially as scientists closely...

Hospitals Are Firing Doctors Speaking Out About Virus Protections (Video)

There is no shortage of encouragement and benevolence all around us during this global pandemic. People get it we are all in this together. No one...

$1.9 Trillion Covid Relief Package May Not Include Paid Sick Leave

As a candidate for president, Joe Biden promised to get control of the COVID-19 pandemic with robust federal intervention and oversight–two qualities the Trump administration...

Planned Parenthood Eschews Title X Funding Rather Than Be Silenced (Video)

Earlier this year, Alabama opened the proverbial reproductive flood gates after governor Kay Ivey signed the most restrictive abortion ban in the nation. Under this legislation,...

Even a Mild COVID Case Can Cause Serious Permanent Illness

As nearly a dozen states are either contemplating or have decided to lift mask mandates, it's time to consider something that has gotten little...

For-profit Healthcare Agencies Firing Doctors Expect Gov’t. Bailouts (Video)

There is no shortage of encouragement and benevolence all around us during this global pandemic. People get it we are all in this together. No one...

Covid Variants Threaten to Prolong the Pandemic If We Don’t All...

Have you gotten your Covid-19 vaccine yet? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of Thursday, one third of the United...

Missouri Health Dept. Admits Keeping Track Of Women’s Menstrual Cycles (Video)

While the Missouri state government sights in its crosshairs the St. Louis Region Planned Parenthood, the last operational women's reproductive clinic in the state,...

‘Direct Contracting Entities’: The Latest Ploy to Kill Medicare

It's no surprise republicans want to eliminate anything resembling a social program that helps the poor, elderly, and middle class. Since its passage in 1965,...