The Rise of Useless Health Insurance
What is the point of having health insurance that you can’t use?
This Is What It's Really About
You hear a lot of talking points from both Democrats and Republicans about why Medicare for All won’t work. It’s too…
Your Employer-Based Insurance Doesn't Love You Back, Especially If You're Poor
Perhaps the most prominent argument offered against single-payer healthcare, at least by those who don’t just call it…
These Medicaid Work Requirements Are Basically Torturing People
Last year, Arkansas became the first state to impose a work requirement on people receiving Medicaid. This cruel,…
Trump to Republicans: Uhhhh Go Do a Healthcare Thing
Now that the White House has done its requisite Robert Mueller victory lap, President Donald Trump is turning his…
Amy Klobuchar Is on the Wrong Side of the Medicare for All Divide
Presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar took some time out of her busy aide-berating schedule on Monday night to hold a CNN t…
The Spiking Cost of Insulin Is Highway Robbery
A new Health Care Cost Institute study to be released next week found the cost of insulin per patient almost doubled…
Some Federal Workers Could Lose Their Dental and Vision Coverage Thanks to the Shutdown
The list of insults and injuries faced by government workers as the result of Donald Trump’s shutdown just keeps…
One Federal Employee Has Been Forced to Ration Insulin Thanks to the Shutdown
We are now experiencing the longest shutdown in U.S. government history, and the toll is starting to become…
Judge Who Struck Down Obamacare in Absurd Decision Throws It a Lifeline, For Now
Earlier this month, U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor ruled that Obamacare’s individual mandate is…
'I'm Drowning': Your Stories of Buying Healthcare for 2019
Last week, we asked you to send in details of the insurance plans you purchased on the Affordable Care Act exchanges.…
Did You Buy Your Own Health Insurance This Year? Tell Us How Much It Cost
Tomorrow is the last day of open enrollment on the Affordable Care Act exchange. That means if you buy your own…
Hospital Refuses Procedure, Prescribes 'Fundraising Effort' for Heart Transplant
Here is an American story. Hedda Martin needs a heart transplant. She applied for a heart transplant. Shortly before…
It's Insurance Scam Season, Now and Forever
To a lot of people, and a number of its own employees, Simple Health looked like your average insurance purveyor,…
Our Healthcare System Couldn't Survive Without Immigrants
A new paper out Monday in the journal Health Affairs shows that immigrants pay more in health insurance premiums than…
The Most Promising Migraine Drug in Years Is Being Held Hostage by Our Healthcare Dystopia
The last seven weeks have been some of the least painful I’ve lived since I was 16 years old.
Trump Administration Sued For Rule That Allows Useless Junk Health Plans To Flourish
A group of patient advocacy organizations sued the Trump administration today over its recent rule that extends the…
Short-Term Insurance Plans Will Make American Healthcare Even Worse
The Trump administration recently approved new health insurance rules that will help further cripple the already…
Humana Is About to Become the Hospice Industry’s Biggest Player, Report Says
Nothing says big profit margins like a massive health insurer buying up two large hospice chains to turn the business…