On the eve of over-the-counter birth control pills, the GOP can’t possibly convince Americans that the right to contraception is wrong.
Health and Social Policy
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Between You and Your Doctor: How Medicare Advantage Care Denials Affect Patients
As UnitedHealth racks up unprecedented profits, the people it insures battle for care.
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Zoomer Hackers Shut Down the Biggest Extortion Ring of All
A ransomware gang cripples UnitedHealthcare. Could a comprehensive antitrust investigation finish the job?
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Scenes From the Bat Cave
How Steward Health left a Space Coast community hospital in a literal world of shit
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Housing First Can Work—If Done Right
Solving homelessness requires strong and well-resourced case management, and an acknowledgment of where programs fall short.
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Company Behind Joe Namath Medicare Advantage Ads Has Long Rap Sheet of Misconduct
The firm formerly known as Benefytt pocketed millions selling sham insurance to seniors and other consumers.
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Dealing With the Bad Stewards
Bailing out a critical Massachusetts hospital chain should come with some consequences for the financial operators who put them in that position.
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Attack of the Straw Doctors
Amazon and the Adderall pill-mill lobby blitz Oregon to kill a (tame) ‘corporate practice of medicine’ ban.
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Trump’s VA Plans Look Too Much Like Biden’s VA Reality
While Project 2025 plots VA dismantling, its Biden-appointed leader tells workers to ‘stay out of politics.’
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Reversing Private Equity’s Looting of Hospitals
The right remedy is to claw back the billion-dollar payday Cerberus Capital and other insiders took out of Steward Health Care and give the money back to the hospitals.
