Stressed-Out Nurses Say Nation’s Hospitals Need More of Them to Care for Patients
Reading Time: 7 minutes Could minimum staffing requirements improve outcomes for hospital patients, while easing the burden on nurses?
The Silver Lining in the Coronavirus
Reading Time: 4 minutes If nothing else, the pandemic fully exposes Republican hypocrisy about “socialized medicine,” and maybe it’ll make “Yoho” a verb.
The Myth of American Exceptionalism Falls Victim to Coronavirus
Reading Time: < 1 minute Americans are always being told that they are the best, and have the best. The response to coronavirus exposes that as wishful thinking.
Is Joe Biden Hazardous to Your Health?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Private health insurers are celebrating the former vice president’s ascendance. That should worry you.
Obamacare Derangement Syndrome
Reading Time: 5 minutes A federal court in New Orleans is weighing a suit that would annul the Affordable Care Act. The basis for the case is as hypocritical as it is mean-spirited.
Cities Are Blazing the Trail Toward Healthcare for All
Reading Time: 7 minutes Nearly every person in San Francisco has health insurance. Can the city’s program serve as a model for the rest of the country?
HIV — On the Rise in Eastern Europe and the Deep South
Reading Time: 2 minutes The head of the NIH claims an AIDS-free world is on the horizon. But administering drugs is the easy part — educating populations less so.
Privatizing Veterans Affairs: A Risky Gamble?
Reading Time: 9 minutes A privatization of healthcare services would not just mean sweeping changes to the Department of Veterans Affairs, it could also change how the government does business — one way or another.
Misplaced American Healthcare Exceptionalism
Reading Time: 2 minutes Is US healthcare really the envy of the world? Statistics and the average American’s pocketbook tell a different story.
Conservatives Lay Siege to Congressional Budget Office
Reading Time: 2 minutes Republicans lash out at an impartial federal agency after their various health care bills get unfavorable scores.