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Why Kaiser Therapists Are Striking
Mental health workers have gone on strike due to the level of service provided to patients. The planned strike is described as a bargaining tactic of the union.
Would America's For-Profit Healthcare System Would Just as Soon Kill You as Look at You?
To this system, it doesn't matter whether a person lives or dies as long as it gets paid. That's why our healthcare costs are so high, even though our life expectancy is so low.
Mental Health Patients Languish Under Kaiser Permanente's Stranglehold
It wasn’t the pay that drove Ken Harlander to private practice. He says he left because Kaiser overbooked him and prevented him from doing his job effectively.
Asbestos Problems
The disastrous effects of asbestos-caused diseases among American people. The steps were taken by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) to save people.
Mushroom Helps Men to Stay Fit Longer
Readers may find this ridiculous as to why so much emphasis is being given to mushrooms, but they are in fact extremely good for your health.
Privatizing Medicare
Elderly people are often overwhelmed by the onslaught of very misleading advertisements regarding Medicare.
We Live in A Sick Society
Our society tends to treat the mentally ill like dirt, like losers, like a nuisance, even as the government gushes money for more police, more weapons, and more wars, whether internally or externally.
Cuba Eradicating Child Mortality, Banishing Diseases of the Poor
These countries—unlike Cuba—have not been able to harness the commitment and ingenuity of wonderful people. These country’s children die with no doctor there to mourn them decades later.
Barbershop for Black Men’s Health Needs
The Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program found an app that people use to obtain telehealth services. An innovative technique to combat health disparities.
Why Are Our Bodies, Societies and Planet All Inflamed?
Raj Patel and Rupa Marya coauthored the book Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice to highlight the connections between health and structural injustice.
Medicare Advantage Scammers
One of the easiest scams in the history of scams is done with insurance.
Congress: Lower Drug Prices Now or Lose Your Job
As we get closer to the midterm elections, voters across the country will remember the records of every other elected official who answered to Big Pharma and not the people.
Affordable Healthcare for Part-Time Community College Faculty
$200 million for healthcare for part-time community college faculty could be a game changer
Is There a Conservative Case for Medicare for All?
The case for Medicare for All is a strong one, but it is complicated. It would take true leadership to convince voters it is a good idea.
Lifesaving Medicare for All - Fight for Life and Humanity
Medicare For All is a call to sanity and to morality. It is a call to reaffirm life amid loss and sorrow. In challenging times, it calls us to be our best selves.
High-Deductible Health Plans’ Effect on Inequality Worse
High-Deductible Health Plans worsen income inequality, but companies and health insurance behemoths love them because unused benefits means more money for them.
California’s Nursing Home Crisis Worsens
Though optimistic, both Oronia and Polk say that they would not entrust a family member or loved one to the facility where they work given what they’ve seen.
NJDiet Reviews: What Is the NJ Diet & Does It Work?
What if the key to finally achieving your goals was as simple as learning more about your own body and its workings?
Smoking Kills the Wealthy Despite Wealth Privilege
For smokers, however, the picture was much more grim. Above the age of 65, mortality rate among current smokers was three times higher than never-smokers.
U.S. Culture of Colonial Extraction Sickens People, Destroys the Planet
Rupa Marya, a physician and musician, studies how social structures impact health. She says colonial capitalism fractures the critical relationships that keep us healthy.
Will Congress Ban Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging That Weaken Our Immune System Response?
A new federal bill would advance public and environmental health by banning toxic chemicals from food packaging.
Neuroscience Tips for Navigating Uncertain Times: Eat a Cookie?
Given all the uncertainty and fear in our 2022 world — about Covid, the economy, the environment — it’s important to understand what’s going on in our brains and bodies.
Medicare for All - It's Not a Left Thing - It's Survival!
As with any other institution driven by capitalism, in the health care industry, inequality is inherent.