Health Care

Over 700 stationary engineers have been on strike since September 18 at Kaiser Permanente Northern California facilities. …

On October 2, in over 600 protests, thousands of people gathered across all 50 states in the U.S. to defend abortion access. …

Deaths from opioid overdoses have increased in the United States as people face psychological distress from the unmitigated pandemic. …

In Raj Patel’s latest book and Rupa Marya’s debut title, “Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the …

On Wednesday President Biden announced new plans to help the global vaccination effort, saying now is not the time for “half-measures or middle-of-the-road ambitions. We need to go big and we need to do our part.” This is an ironic statement, considering the U.S.’s repeated lack of commitment to the measures that would be needed to end this global pandemic.   …

On September 14, the number of recorded deaths from COVID-19 in the United States reached 663,913, the equivalent of 1 in 500 Americans. …

Companies that make test kits can charge what they want and get fat off this health disaster, even if it means most people won’t have access to the care they need. …

A study ranked the United States’ healthcare system poorly amongst those of 11 wealthy nations. …

The pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson recently announced that it reached a $230 million settlement with New York State after being sued for its role in creating the opioid crisis. But what is justice in this system? …

The nurses won with a majority of 70 percent, but their fight is hardly over. …

During the Spring of 2020, an estimated 5.4 million people who lost their jobs, also lost their health insurance. …

There have recently been a number of demonstrations led by healthcare workers …

Workers at Highland Hospital are walking out for the safety of their patients and themselves …

5.4 million people lost health insurance coverage in the U.S. during the pandemic between February and May …

Nurses at St. Rose Hospital fight back! …

COVID-19 is not the only virus that needs to be stopped, but also for profit healthcare …

The family of Breonna Taylor, the woman shot down in her home by cops, is still demanding justice …

In mid-May there was a big announcement regarding the development of a vaccine for COVID-19. …

For several weeks, Trump has been playing on the distress of millions of us who have lost our jobs to rev up support for re-opening businesses …

For months, hospital staff in France have been fighting for better pay. Then, during the crisis, they were sent to the front without ammunition: a lack of PPE …

We are living through one of the greatest health crises in world history. So why are so many U.S. health care workers out of work? …

Politicians are rushing to reopen the economy and they don’t care how many coffins they fill. …

Report From Someone Trying to Roll Out Accurate Testing and Reporting at a Huge Public University …

How is it that being poorer means I pay more for health coverage instead of less? …

On April 13th, Highland Hospital fired a nurse for wearing a trash bag as a gown. …

Perhaps the pandemic can bring about new ways of training and educating healthcare workers. …

Report From a Skilled Nursing Facility: we were already navigating a health care crisis …

Today, nurses reminded Kaiser admin that there are no excuses for their despicable behavior. …

Poetry from an Oakland Kaiser Worker …

From a Mental Health Hotline Worker: No one is in this alone. …

Frontline Health Care Worker in North Jersey: Our frontline workers are in a chokehold. …

Why are people of color getting and dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than white people? …

Videos of presentations and discussion from April 4, 2020 townhall …

Oakland Healthcare worker: Only by standing together can we take care of our patients safely. …

Many workers are shocked that they are being made to return to work with promises of protective equipment when hospitals are short of it. …

You would think that to fight the coronavirus, the government would pull together the best minds among relevant researchers and health care providers, decide what needs to get done, get industry to make the necessary supplies …

“I am angry and I am outraged” is the cry from the heart of a psychologist from Mulhouse hospital …

Healthcare workers protested the lack of protective equipment (PPE) outside of Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Oakland, …

For the past couple of weeks, nurses at Kaiser Hospital have been caring for patients that came from the Grand Princess cruise ship and tested positive for coronavirus. Although there was time for the hospital to prepare before the ship docked, management implemented a training scheme only after the first confirmed cases of patients with Covid-19 arrived. …

Nurses at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics in California could be fired immediately for wearing their own face masks, according to unions representing nurses at the facilities …

Now is the time to imagine a better world. …

For-profit insurers are in the business to make a profit. Period. …

Yaak Pabst interviews Monthly Review Press author Rob Wallace about the coronavirus pandemic …

The headlines have been full of discussion about the Affordable Care act known as “Obamacare”. …

Revolutionary University October 2016 Harriet Fraad is a licensed mental health counselor and hypnotherapist in …

As budget cuts dry up state funding for public hospitals, emergency rooms and entire hospitals …

Workplaces everywhere have been starting what are called Wellness Programs. Under these programs, companies are …

We’re supposed to believe that our health is our own choice, that anytime we’re overweight …