Now the agency must rely on private contractors, who are much more expensive.
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A VA Medical Center Meltdown
Persistent maintenance and staffing issues at a D.C.-based center reveal bigger problems with the VA health system.
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The Big Beautiful Bill’s Market-Based Health Care Delusion
The Rural Health Transformation Program asks states to build market-style reforms in places where health care markets often do not exist.
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Trump Funding Cuts Endangering City and Rural Hospitals Alike
A year after Trump ripped $1 trillion out of the American health care system, hundreds of hospitals have closed and millions of people are without health insurance. The majority are in urban areas.
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Affordable to Buy, Costly to Use
Health care affordability depends on access to care and the true cost of care, not just insurance premiums.
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Corporations and the Crisis of Care
The U.S. suffers from a mass exodus of primary care doctors, as medical practice is dictated by corporate masters at the expense of physicians and patients.
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The Real Stakes Behind California’s Billionaire Tax Fight: Health Care Access
A hospital CEO says looming Medicaid reductions threaten vulnerable residents and the state’s health system.
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Corporate Hospitals Bilking Americans as GOP Destroys Health Care
Patients are caught in the middle of a corporate money grab and lawmakers who refuse to regulate.
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GOP War on Health Care Destroying Hospitals at Home and Abroad
More than 800 health care facilities are at risk or have already closed since Republicans severely cut funding last year. The worst is still ahead.
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Minnesota Health Care Workers Unite for Better Patient Protection Amid ICE Crackdown
Local health system urged to adopt clear protocols to ensure that patients are protected from ICE agents as immigrants delay and avoid care.