How creeping privatization of health care services for military veterans is not helping patients or their caregivers.
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Insurance Lobbyists Force Government to Heel on Medicare Advantage
But advocates see an opening for reining in the worst abuses of the program.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Small Business Rises Up Against ‘the Robbery’ in Greece
Eye-popping power bills have devastated midsized companies across Europe. But thanks to a sadistic EU energy privatization regimen called the Target Model, no one has been hit harder than Greece.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Private Health Care Companies Are Eating the American Economy
A new report from Wendell Potter at the Center for Health and Democracy examines just how the private insurance market makes its money—and how American health care is worse off for it.
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Republicans Furiously Defend Insurance Company Looting of Medicare
Medicare Advantage is a scam. That’s why conservatives love it.
Posted inTAP
Can Medicare Advantage Be Contained?
Today on TAP: The Biden administration is increasing audits of abuses—a good start, but not enough.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Ukraine’s Neoliberal War Mobilization
Low taxes, privatization, and pared-back labor protections could undermine Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How a Danish Company Grabbed Control of the Monkeypox Vaccine
German government science and American public money underpinned the development of Jynneos, but one Danish company now controls it entirely.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Congress and the VA MISSION Act
Buyer’s remorse or full speed ahead?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Private-Sector Care Can Harm Veterans
One father’s wake-up call is illustrative as the VA attempts to outsource more care.
