Scapegoating immigrant families won’t solve our health care crisis
Authors: Dr. Brandon G. Wilson & Adriana Cadena After assuring constituents that Medicaid would be protected, the Trump administration and a MAGA-led Congress passed a budget resolution that opens the…
Republicans just advanced plans for the largest cut to Medicaid in history
The GOP’s Proposal to Slash Health Care Will Feed Corporate Greed and Hurt Millions On May 14, Republicans advanced plans for the largest ever cut to Medicaid and gutted critical…
Many of us connect the phrase “follow the money” to the corruption and illegal activity memorialized in the movie All the President’s Men. But the reach of that phrase goes…
As Trump Moves into the Oval Office, Here are Four Health Care Fights We’re Preparing For
On Monday, Jan. 20, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. While cost-of-living and economics seemed to dominate the campaign trail last year, recent…
Putting People Over Profit: The Hidden Costs of Health Care Consolidation
Increased consolidation of our health care system is one of the main drivers of rising health care costs endured by patients in the United States. When fewer and fewer health…
Paying the Price: How Medical Debt Disproportionately Hurts People with Disabilities
Authors: Dr. Brandon G. Wilson and Colin Killick We live in a nation of tremendous innovation and wealth and yet our health system continues to prioritize profits over people’s health…
How State and Federal Action Can Drive Health Care Affordability
State-Led Initiatives Depend on Continued Federal Backing When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law, it made comprehensive quality, affordable health coverage available to millions of people. It gave states…
Steward Health Care’s Bankruptcy: A Cautionary Tale of Corporate Greed in our Health Care System
Today’s Senate hearing on Steward Health Care demonstrates the dangers of putting profits over people in our health care system. On Thursday, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and…
Medical Debt, Credit Reporting and Economic Justice—A Pivotal Moment for Change
The Biden-Harris administration’s proposed rule to ban medical debt from credit scores is a crucial step forward, but the fight is far from over. The Biden-Harris administration has made a…
North Carolina: Following Medicaid Expansion, Advocates Advance Medical Debt Protections
We have a medical debt crisis in this country. It is a crisis that impacts more than 100 million people in the United States – that’s 4 in 10 adults….