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Perhaps this pandemic’s devastation will promote a debate on the failures of our ragged social safety net.

Democrats long complained the rules were illegal and aimed at shrinking health coverage for poor adults.

Over 14,000 Walmart workers in 9 states had such low wages they qualified for food stamps

Led by the poor and dispossessed, this movement is bringing the demand for healthcare rights to corporate profiteers, state houses, prisons, and police stations.

The planned closing of Mercy Hospital underscores the dramatic loss of maternity services in Chicago over the past year — reflecting the failure of local government agencies to adequately fund critical services in vulnerable communities.

Do we want to provide care for the most vulnerable members of our society, or do we want this to just be a business where real estate owners are making money, and we don’t really care...

Right now, government money is flowing. But soon the self-appointed guardians of “fiscal responsibility” will call for cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and SNAP, while leaving the defense budget and large tax breaks for the wealthy intact.

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When considered altogether, according to MACPAC's report, their Medicaid programs will be more than $1 billion short.

Misleading claims about who is enrolled in the Medicaid expansion should not deter additional states from extending these benefits to the millions of people who continue to be left out.