A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough.
Health & Social Policy
Posted inEconomic Policy
Democratic Presidential Contenders Have a New Idea: Tax Cuts
Chris Van Hollen and Cory Booker argue that middle-class households are paying too much in federal income taxes.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Killing Kids in Iran While Kids in the U.S. Go Hungry
For the money the U.S. is spending on war with Iran, it could be covering food stamps for 41 million people or Medicaid for 16 million people.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
VA Secretary Collins Is Wrong About Veteran Suicide Prevention Funding
These programs save lives, every day.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Our Sick Economy
The number of jobs in health care continues to grow. Almost everywhere else, they’re shrinking.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
‘A Foreclosing of Options’: Racial Health Inequality in Washington, D.C.
Princeton’s Sanyu Mojola examines the public-health issues confronting America’s capital city.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Bank of Big Medicine
Health insurers and providers are using industrial loan companies and other tactics to make money from financial engineering rather than patient care.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Plot to Privatize Veteran Brain Care
The VA has developed elaborate capacity to treat traumatic brain injuries. Billionaires want to divert that funding to their own programs.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump’s War on Child Care
The already struggling system faces more struggles from administration rule changes.
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The Transphobic Mask Is Off
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene drew up a bill making it a federal felony to provide pediatric transition care of any kind. The ultimate goal is a ban on all trans health care and the end of civil rights for trans people.
