While shutting down dozens of corporate crime probes, the Trump DOJ seems to have jump-started a forever investigation into the mega-insurer’s billing practices.
Health & Social Policy
Posted inWorking in America
The Southern Women Handling 1-800-MEDICARE Calls Still Want a Union
Federal call center workers continue their fight after the Biden administration dialed back support for it.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Social Security Administration Cuts Affect You
A timely research paper looking at SSA staff cuts in the 1980s found that it led to tens of thousands of Americans not getting their earned benefits.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Clean Air Act Is Under Attack
Industry actors, Congress, and the EPA are teaming up to potentially make our air less breathable.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Elon Musk’s Looming Disease Holocaust
The shadow president is gutting America’s vast humanitarian aid system. Millions may die.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Crisis at the VA
On our live show, David and Suzanne Gordon discuss developments damaging the Veterans Health Administration and its prodigious research functions.
Posted inTAP
The Coming Trump Pandemic
The FDA expert panel on vaccines, barred from meeting by RFK Jr., needs to continue operating as part of a necessary government-in-exile.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
‘Significant Workforce Reductions’ Under Way at Social Security Administration
An agency-wide email announces the organizational restructuring and encourages employees to retire or resign.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Social Security Administration Could Cut Half Its Workforce
Sources tell the Prospect that a meeting called for a 50 percent reduction in an agency that millions rely on for benefit implementation.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Donald Trump and Elon Musk Own the Bird Flu Epidemic
Bird flu is rampaging among chickens and cattle, while Trump and Musk gut the agencies responsible for stopping it.