States prepare to use Medicaid for rental assistance for the first time. With rents growing to their most unaffordable levels ever, some states are preparing to use federal Medicaid dollars in the hopes that health will improve as housing stabilizes.
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Creating a sane healthcare system will depend on building a massive common movement to free our economy from Wall Street’s wealth extraction.
Care for children, the elderly and disabled is among the lowest-paying industries. Poo thinks federal investment could become reality.
Strong and resilient health systems are indispensable to protecting the population from the negative impacts of climate change on their health.
Powerful companies are removing hundreds of medicines from insurance plans — and they’re spending millions to stop attempts at reform.
Because Asians in groups at the top earn so much more than those at the bottom, averaging makes it look like many other groups are doing far better than they are. The same is true for health outcomes.
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The inflation rate is cooling, providing a respite for workers. Yet there’s a reason why many are still unhappy with the economy: from health care to housing to childcare, life in the US is more unaffordable than ever.
The corporatization of health care has changed the practice of medicine, causing many physicians to feel alienated from their work.
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