The Onion hits the nail on the head about American health care.
The Onion has done a lot of great 'reporting' (see here, for example) on America's insane health care non-system, but its most recent work just highlights the barbaric nature of our for-profit health...
View ArticleObama administration caves to health insurers; restores (extra) profits for...
Whether you love Obamacare or hate Obamacare -- I, for one, would prefer single-payer, but recognize the value of incremental progress -- this move by the Obama administration should enrage anyone who...
View ArticleStarbucks moving instant coffee factory to rogue state with gross human...
Those who enjoy Starbucks' VIA line of instant coffee products might want to think twice next time they are keen for a caffeine fix. The international coffee giant is moving its VIA factory from a...
View ArticlePlastic single-use grocery bags as a metaphor for the American oligarchy
One of the consequences of the transformation of our nation from a democracy to an oligarchy is that common sense solutions to our biggest problems are no longer possible if they stand to reduce the...
View ArticleAetna repeatedly denies $165k hospital bill of man almost burned to death...
The next time you think about saving a young woman from a burning car, think twice: your big-profit health insurance carrier might deny your claim and leave you with hundreds of thousands of dollars in...
View ArticleThis video from the NRA's convention will terrify you.
Remember when Barack Obama said this?"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them....
View ArticleStudy: U.S. one of few countries with rise in maternal deaths
The United States of America is, once again, proving itself to be a truly exceptional rich country.The United States is one of just eight countries in the world where deaths related to pregnancy and...
View ArticleEvery. single. thing. is a nightmare in the American health care non-system....
My sister will be having a baby soon. As a result, I need to get a common shot (tetanus) if I am going to be able to visit her after the birth. Simple, right? I don't have cancer, thank God. I don't...
View Article.@Cigna health insurance denying Georgia child the ability to hear
The same transnational, big-profit health insurance corporation that killed Nataline Sarkisyan is at it again: this time denying a young Georgia girl, Nicole, the ability to hear.Yes, yes, yes: I know...
View Article“They pull thousands of teeth here. At the end, they’ll have buckets of...
Welcome to health care for the rural poor in Virginia, the state just to the south of the capital of the Greatest Nation on God's Green Earth.It looks like this:“I just had an 18-year-old have a full...
View ArticleInadequate Obamacare plans continue to force patients to delay care; endure...
I'm just going to be blunt: if the US were to impose Obamacare -- as a universal health care solution -- on any other rich country, the citizens would surely revolt: cars would be burned, Parisian cafe...
View ArticleInfrastructure advances in the rest-of-the-world will blow your mind.
While we're "debating" torture, access to basic health care and the veracity of climate change, the rest-of-the-world is simply advancing transformational infrastructure like you would not believe.In...
View ArticleFor-Profit Insurer Aetna Sued for Discriminating Against California HIV Patients
Aetna is being sued by Consumer Watchdog, a California advocacy group, for discriminating -- likely in pursuit of lower costs and more profits for Wall Street shareholders -- against HIV patients.A...
View Article2015 America: Woman chooses wheelchair over medicine she can't afford. Read...
Probably known more for its presence in the lobby of the Econolodge or Holiday Inn than exhaustive, in-depth reporting, USA Today has hit it out of the park with its recent article on the crushing...
View ArticleThis first-person account of the UK's NHS must be read in full.
Damn, the "Rolls Royce isn't moving fast enough."This is how Jim Edwards, an American-British dual citizen, characterizes actually having to wait to be seen by a highly-trained medical professional in...
View ArticleUnitedHealthcare @myUHC CEO Stephen Hemsley took home $66 million in 2014,...
He "earns" compensation that would make a Russian oligarch jealous.UnitedHealthcare CEO Stephen Hemsley took home over $66 million in 2014.CEO Pay Watch UnitedHealth Group Inc. Stephen Hemsley,...
View ArticleU.S. is 33rd best place to be a mother in the world. Yes, 33rd. Behind...
The United States is the 33rd best place in the world to be a mother, according to the 2015 State of the World's Mothers report prepared by Save the Children. And, adding insult to injury, 33rd is...
View Article"No, we can't" is the real America.
On November 4, 2008, President Barack Obama proclaimed the following in his election night victory speech:"This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids;...
View ArticleSadistic Anthem Blue Cross refuses to allow California hepatitis C patient to...
Imagine being struck with a truly horrible disease -- perhaps hepatitis C -- and there is a cure available. A really good cure. What some might describe as a "miracle" of modern medicine. But, wait for...
View ArticleBarcelona just elected an Occupy protestor as mayor
Barcelona is one of the world's truly great cities: it has stunning architecture, efficient public transit, and gorgeous beaches.Add a truly progressive mayor to the list.One of the most-tweeted photos...
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