Patients less likely to die if readmitted to same hospital, study finds
Researchers analysing more than 9m Medicare patients finds benefits of sending patients who had extensive surgeries to same hospital they had the operationPatients are 26% less likely to die within 90...
View ArticleBernie Sanders solidifies appeal to retirees with social security pitch
Democratic presidential hopeful renews calls for expansion of benefits and warns that Republicans will try to undermine Medicare and pensionsBernie Sanders cemented his appeal to older voters on...
View ArticleMy seriously ill mother wanted to live close to me — but Medicaid said no |...
It is hard to transfer Medicaid to another state. That punishes those who struggle with long-term illnesses, and their familiesAs anyone with a sick family member will tell you, living close by makes...
View ArticleBen Carson proposes healthcare overhaul to increase Medicare age to 70
The Republican candidate said in Michigan that his plan to gradually raise eligibility age would save at least $2tn and ‘restore trust in the individual patient’Ben Carson sought to reinvigorate his...
View ArticleDiscussing how we live out our golden years is crucial — but oft-neglected |...
Now that Medicare has begun to cover advanced care planning, chaotic life – and dying – decisions will hopefully diminishThe “death panels” have arrived. Starting this month, your physician can charge...
View ArticleMnuchin: Trump will not cut social security and Medicare 'entitlements'
Treasury secretary previews content of first address to CongressConservatives drink the Trump Kool-Aid, but who will pick up the tab?Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will spare big social welfare...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on Trump’s Congress speech: different tone, same threat |...
The contrast between the presidential inaugural and the address to Congress was striking. But there are still two Donald Trumps and neither of them is goodBy his own standards, President Trump’s...
View ArticleBernie Sanders: Trump was right, Australian healthcare is better
Sanders also says Senate should use Australian system as model while crafting an alternative to Republicans’ replacement for ObamacareBernie Sanders has declared President Donald Trump was right to say...
View ArticleI wanted to attack healthcare policy with comedy | Jonathan Lynn
The Yes Minister writer explains how his horror at how the US – and potentially the UK – treats the sick grew into the tale of a hospital run by a casino managerAmerican politicians can’t help...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s policies are decidedly unchristian
Trump’s policies benefit almost exclusively the American plutocracy, while taking away money from the American working class, writes Julian DunnDavid Critchley (Letters, 30 December) seeks to defend...
View ArticleCandidates for Michigan governor offer hope for progressive Democrats
A lawmaker who took a #MeToo stand, an Indian immigrant and an heir to Bernie Sanders’ political revolution vie for nominationGretchen Whitmer is a former state senate leader who had a powerful #MeToo...
View ArticleMedicare for All policy has become politics' sticking point
A survey found 225 Democratic candidates in the House running explicitly on the single-payer healthcare policyPramila Jayapal is a first-term congresswoman from one of the most progressive districts in...
View ArticleBlack women in Alabama dying of preventable cancer at alarming rate
Human Rights Watch report blames restrictive insurance policies, lack of physicians and poverty for failure to treat cervical diseaseCervical cancer, a disease researchers believe is on track to be...
View ArticleUniversal healthcare could save America trillions: what’s holding us back?
A slew of studies are confirming that America can afford real universal healthcare, but some call it economically infeasibleIf you can’t undercut a popular proposal as undesirable, make it sound...
View ArticleAmerica shuts down: how the federal government closure is impacting millions
An estimated 800,000 federal workers are missing paychecks, but the effects extend beyond those who work for the governmentShutdown becomes longest in US historyOn Saturday, the partial federal...
View ArticleHow convincing is Kamala Harris' leftward shift? | Briahna Joy Gray
The Democratic presidential candidate has adopted a number of leftwing positions, but is she as progressive as she sounds?When Kamala Harris speaks, she sure sounds like a progressive. In a speech on...
View ArticleWhy we're fighting the American Medical Association | Jonathan Michels, Will...
The AMA protects corporate interests, not doctors and patients – and now it’s trying to stop Medicare for AllThis Saturday, nurses, physicians, and medical students plan to walk out of their clinics...
View ArticleRoss Perot obituary
Independent candidate in the US presidential elections of 1992 and 1996 who founded his own partyThird party candidates rarely make much impact in US presidential elections – the system is too heavily...
View ArticleFor rural America, Medicare for All is a matter of life or death | Barb Kalbach
Insurance firms are gobbling up airtime in Iowa to attack Medicare for All. They claim it would hurt the very same hospitals their business model has spent years bleeding dryRural hospitals are often...
View ArticleThe 2020 US election hinges on the economy – it's time to start talking about it
Be it donald Trump or Elizabeth Warren, America urgently needs to start talking about candidates’ sharply diverging economic policiesA year from now, the US will elect its next president. The stakes...
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