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Tens of millions at risk of losing health care as the government ends emergency Medicaid coverage

March 28, 2023

With the end of the government-declared pandemic health emergency also comes the end of Medicaid coverage. …

Articles

Republicans Set Their Sights on Banning Medication Abortions

March 15, 2023

With Roe v. Wade overturned, abortion is now banned or severely restricted in over 18 …

Articles

Update: Nursing Degree Scandal

March 14, 2023

More details about the nursing degree scandal have emerged. …

Articles

After 3 Years, The Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Dashboard Shuts Down

March 12, 2023

On March 10, after 3 years the Hopkins Coronavirus Research Center (CRC) run by Johns …

Articles

Nursing Degree Scandal and Its Complex Implications

February 13, 2023

The nursing shortage created an environment that allowed scammers to profit from issuing fake nursing degrees. …

Articles

NYC Nurses Occupy Their Hospital to Oppose Management’s Cuts

February 1, 2023

Nurses occupied NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to force the hospital to honor their contract. …

Articles

UK Nurses Strike Across the Pond

February 1, 2023

Nurses in the UK went on strike on January 18 and 19, and more strikes are expected in the coming months. …

Articles

Roe at 50: The Anniversary that Wasn’t

January 23, 2023

January 22 marked the 50th anniversary of the 1973 landmark US Supreme Court Roe v. …

Articles

Covid, Flu and RSV Highlight a System That Won’t Protect Us

December 19, 2022

Despite the fact that Covid remains the third leading cause of death, killing about 400 …

Articles

Insulin Is Now Free?

November 22, 2022

A parody Twitter account of the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly drew attention to the exorbitant price of insulin. …

Articles

Insurance Companies Defraud the Public: Milking Medicare for Billions

November 3, 2022

Private insurers that offer a “Medicare Advantage” plan have milked Medicare’s public coffers fraudulently for …

Articles

Healthcare Burnout: Up to 90% of Nurses Considering Leaving by the End of 2022

October 2, 2022

High workload on nurses has caused burnout, leading to 90% of nurses considering leaving their jobs. …

Articles

Abortion in Arizona is Now Illegal. We Must Refuse These Attacks!

October 2, 2022

On Friday, September 23, a judge lifted a nearly 50 year old injunction that blocked …

Articles

15,000 Minnesota Nurses Walk Out in Historic Strike

September 19, 2022

15,000 nurses in Minnesota went on a 3-day strike. …

Articles

Senator Proposes Bill to Ban Abortions After 15 Weeks – We Say No!

September 17, 2022

On Tuesday, September 13, Senator Lindsey Graham proposed a national bill that would ban abortions …

Articles

Kaiser Mental Health Workers Continue the Fight

September 17, 2022

Note: This article comes from the most recent edition of Speak Out Now’s Healthcare Newsletter.  Kaiser …

Articles

Nursing Homes Prey on Relatives of Deceased

August 22, 2022

Predatory nursing homes sued family and friends of deceased patients to collect bill payments. …

Articles

Kaiser Mental Health Clinicians Fight for the Care Their Patients Deserve

August 18, 2022

Thousands of Northern California Kaiser mental health clinicians have been on strike since Monday, advocating …

Articles

The Inflation Reduction Act is Nothing to Celebrate

August 12, 2022

The Democrats and their supporters are trying to paint the passage of the Inflation Reduction …

International

French Perspective: In the U.S., Supreme Court Fundamentalists vs. Women’s Rights

June 30, 2022

June 27, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

The Fight for Mental Health Care at Kaiser Continues

June 9, 2022

The California Department of Managed Health Care recently announced it would be examining the medical …

Articles

Restricting Abortion Access is Deadly

June 2, 2022

As the Supreme Court prepares to reverse Roe v. Wade and end federal abortion rights …

Articles

Is a New Movement for Reproductive Rights Taking Shape?

May 22, 2022

Roe is overturned, any movement that builds up in the streets can pick up where Roe fell short. We have to begin to organize our own fight to have control not just over our bodies, but also over the kind of world we want to live in. …

Articles

Health Care for Trans Youth is Not Abuse

May 20, 2022

Last Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas allowed the state to resume child abuse investigations …

Editorials

Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Choice

May 3, 2022

A recent draft opinion from the Supreme Court reviewing women’s right to abortion was leaked …

Articles

Permanent State of Confusion – Mixed Messages With COVID Guidelines

March 11, 2022

This article was edited since it originally was posted on March 11. Across the U.S., …

Articles

Europe Trashes More Vaccines Than It Gives to Africa

March 8, 2022

The EU is discarding more vaccines than it donates to Africa, while blocking vaccine production in Africa. …

Articles

Texas Criminalizes Parents for Providing Medical Care to Their Transgender Children

March 7, 2022

Texas is criminalizing giving transition healthcare to transgender children. …

Articles

Australian Nurses Strike for Patient Safety

February 23, 2022

Last week, thousands of nurses across roughly 150 hospitals went on strike in New South …

Articles

California Democrats Kill Health Care Reform Bill

February 15, 2022

Democrats in the California State Assembly killed a single-payer health care bill, showing where their priorities lie. …

Frontlines

So, You Thought it was Over? – A Day in the Life of a Healthcare Worker During the Omicron Wave

February 8, 2022

Healthcare workers continue to face the reality of Covid during the Omicron wave. …

International

France: The Orpea Scandal in Nursing Homes

February 7, 2022

A scandal has started in France about the quality of care in Orpea nursing homes. …

Articles

From the Frontlines: Johns Hopkins University Goes Fully In-Person Amidst Its Greatest COVID Surge

February 3, 2022

As Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is finishing its second week of the current semester, it …

Articles

New CDC Guidelines – Based on Science or the Economy?

January 25, 2022

Are the CDC’s new looser guidelines based on science, or economic considerations? …

Frontlines

The Real Cause of the Crisis in Our Hospitals: Greed (New York Times)

January 24, 2022

The following video report was put out by the New York Times. It is a …

Articles

New COVID Vaccine Saving Lives, Not Profit

January 23, 2022

A new COVID vaccine is in the works that is intended to be produced at a low cost and with no patent protections, making it capable for others to produce it. …

Articles

Supreme Court Stops OSHA from Protecting Workers

January 22, 2022

The Supreme Court just voted down vaccine mandates, undermining the ability of OSHA to maintain a safe working environment. …

Articles

Maryland Vaccine Roll-Out Shows Limits to a Humane Public Health Response under Capitalism

January 20, 2022

Hundreds of Marylanders are being notified that they may have received ineffective vaccine doses. …

Articles

From the Frontlines: COVID-Testing Staffing Hell

January 16, 2022

A personal account from a worker at a COVID testing clinic. …

Articles

Biden’s Free Masks and Tests – Too Little Too Late

January 15, 2022

The reason that free or affordable tests and masks haven’t been available in the U.S. until now is the same reason we’ve been stuck in this COVID crisis – this system prioritizes profits above health and safety. …

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Artículos en Español

Un nuevo año, una nueva oleada, el mismo sistema fallido

January 14, 2022

Por mucho que todo el mundo esperara que el año 2022 pudiera ser el comienzo de una nueva fase en esta pandemia, a cada paso las prioridades de este sistema siguen prolongándola. …

Articles

Theranos Conviction Shows that Lying and Fraud are Part of the System

January 7, 2022

The Theranos verdict not only shows that profits and investors matter more than people in this society. It also shows once again that lying and fraud are an everyday part of life in our capitalist economy. …

Articles

Hours In Line for a COVID Test…Maybe

January 6, 2022

Why is that after almost two years of the pandemic, it is so challenging to get a COVID test that many have to wait in line for hours? …

Articles

Big Pharma Gets Richer by Not Sharing Patents During Pandemic

December 11, 2021

The heads of the pharmaceutical industry are more interested in making as much profits as possible by primarily selling their vaccines to the wealthiest nations rather than to distribute them equitably around the world to wipe out COVID. …

Articles

Johns Hopkins Healthcare Drops Medicare Coverage for Nearly 6,000 Seniors

December 11, 2021

On January 1st, nearly 6,000 seniors in Maryland are expected to lose coverage for having the wrong medicare insurance plan. …

International

West Indies: A Revolt Against Exploitation and Abuse!

December 5, 2021

In the French West Indies, Guadeloupe and Martinique, an explosive social movement has been underway for weeks against the imposition of mandatory vaccination in workplaces and the institution of a health pass. …

Articles

Borders Don’t Stop a Global Disease!

December 2, 2021

Shutting down travel to supposedly fight the spread of the virus is nothing but political theater and feeds into racism. …

Articles

The Supreme Court Has No Right to Decide on Abortion for Anyone!

December 2, 2021

Why do members of the Supreme Court have the right to make such important and intimate decisions for us. …

Articles

Oklahoma Court Gives Largest Opioid Dealer a Pass

November 18, 2021

On Tuesday, November 9, Oklahoma’s Supreme Court overturned its 2019 ruling that Johnson and Johnson was financially liable for its role in the opioid epidemic. …

Articles

Should the Supreme Court Be Deciding Abortion Rules?

October 30, 2021

Why should a personal healthcare decision like having an abortion – one that is deeply personal and often complex and emotional –  be judged by the Supreme Court? …

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