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Moving to Universal Health Care, Beginning in the States

WEBOne of the greatest systemic failures in the U.S. is healthcare. Even after the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act: + 26 million Americans, or 7.9% of the …

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Primary Care, Psychiatry And Public Health: What Do They Have In …

WEBJohn Geyman, M.D. is professor emeritus of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, where he served as Chairman of the …

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“We Kept Looking for a Hospital Bed”: the Public Healthcare Crisis …

WEBJob losses triggered by the sudden nationwide Covid lockdown in March 2020, along with the weak health infrastructure led to a steep fall in the purchasing …

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The False Premise of Healthcare Hotspotting

WEBFrom a health systems standpoint, it is important to examine the original premise of hotspotting — reducing healthcare spending via reducing utilization — and …

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How American Cultural Assumptions Keep Us From Having …

WEBStill, two beliefs continue to resist universal health care. The first belief is that America is the greatest nation in the world, and hence our health care is better than …

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How the Infrastructure Program Builds Climate Resilience and …

WEBScott Cox sprinted across the field, slogging through ankle-deep water, to where his parents’ house had stood moments before. He found a mountain of debris …

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National Single Payer, a Health Care Justice Organization in the …

WEBAs a national, grassroots, social justice organization that organizes locally in the struggle for national single payer health care in the U.S., united by the common …

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Health Care and Colonialism: A Sickness Unto Death

WEBNothing is immune from the stain of colonialism and its associated phenomena of racism. This includes the practice of medicine. Whether one is …

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China’s Public Health Challenges

WEBOne of the consequences of the country’s effective public health policies has been an increase in life expectancy at birth from 69 years in 1990 to nearly 74.84 years …

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Impact of Rapid Urbanization on Health

WEBby Cesar Chelala. Rapid urbanization has significant repercussions on migrants’ health. The increasing movement of people from rural to urban areas often …

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The Critical Link Between Poverty and Health

WEBby Cesar Chelala. Concern for the health of the poor is one of the critical issues in development. Poverty cannot be defined solely in terms of low or no income. …

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The Practical Libertarian’s Case for Single Payer Healthcare

WEBThis year, there have been serious discussions about healthcare policy in America. The Republicans’ attempt to repeal Obamacare generated much backlash.

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Improving Health in Africa

WEBEast and Southern Africa is the region most affected by HIV in the world and is also home to the largest number of people living with HIV (19.6 million in 2017.) This …

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Public Health Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean

WEBLatin America is now leading the world in terms of decreasing infant mortality rates, which have declined from 43.5 percent per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 14.9 in …

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Health Care in Crisis: Warning! US Capitalism is Lethal

WEBThe average per- capita health spending of eight European countries plus Australia and Japan, all of them capitalist and wealthy, was $6,003 in 2021; they showed …

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Burning Plastic Waste is Not an Energy Solution

WEBJohn K. White, a former lecturer in physics and education at University College Dublin and the University of Oviedo.He is the editor of the energy news service …

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Population and the Disease of Growth

WEBA few readers took vitriolic issue with that essay, but I stand by it. Since then, the global human population has grown from about 6.9 to 7.9 billion, now …

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“Value-Based Care” is a Pretext for Privatization

WEBLater this month, right before Medicare’s 57 th birthday on July 30, corporate health care and the government players who facilitate their lucrative businesses, will …

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Reactionaries and US Military Backers Prevail in Latin America – for

WEBU.S. Southern Command Chief Laura Richardson was visiting Argentina for the third time. On April 4 in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego – the world’s southernmost city – …

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Americans are Suffering: Looking Beyond Covid-19

WEBIn 2017, 10.6 million American adults seriously thought about suicide, 3.2 million made a plan, and 1.4 million attempted suicide.”. Americans are suffering and …

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Choosing Regular Food to Extend Longevity

WEBCarper reports that researchers have found common legumes (beans, peas, soybeans), whole grains, and nuts, extend longevity, while refined grains (white bread), …

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Don’t Let Congress Widen the Digital Divide

WEBNearly a third of Americans who don’t have broadband say the reason is because it costs too much — and unfortunately, Congress is prepared to let that figure …

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