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How Grace Meng is Trying To End Period Poverty …
WebGrace Meng represents the 6th District of New York in the United States Congress. She recently reintroduced her Menstrual Equity for All Act, which aims to dramatically expand free access to menstrual products across the country.Meng recently joined Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss the problem of period …
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Obamacare Scams and the Need For a Public Search Engine
WebObamacare Scams and the Need For a Public Search Engine. Google’s for-profit search monopoly has turned information access into a corrupt mess. Both healthcare and web searches should be public, not private. If you are looking to buy an ACA-compliant health insurance plan, there is a good chance the first thing you might do is google
The Definitive Case for ‘Medicare For All’ Current Affairs
WebThe Definitive Case for ‘Medicare For All’. A new book from healthcare experts Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Micah Johnson makes it clear that M4A is possible in the present—and more urgent than ever. Nathan J. Robinson. filed 03 February 2021 in Healthcare. Medicare for All, the proposal for a U.S. single-payer healthcare system, is …
What a “Right” To Healthcare Actually Means Current Affairs
WebArticle 25 of the UDHR states: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of
Against Domesticity Current Affairs
WebR ecently I solicited Twitter for the best Tom Kha Gai in New York City. The slightly spicy chicken coconut soup is a standard menu item in most Thai restaurants, but although it’s often served as an entrée in Thailand, here in New York it’s …
Smart Toilets and the Endless Spread of Health Surveillance
WebSmart Toilets and the Endless Spread of Health Surveillance. The unexamined poop is not worth taking, according to the country’s finest entrepreneurs. “The average human being has a total of zero sensors, whereas your car has maybe up to 400 sensors,” a health researcher recently told NPR’s Marketplace. “We want [the human …
We Can’t Make Healthcare Fair Until We Reject the Logic …
WebIn his new book, physician writer Ricardo Nuila uses the safety-net hospital where he works as a model for healthcare reform. It’s true that healthcare ought to be public, universal, and government funded, but to build a truly just healthcare system and a healthy society, we must reject the underlying logic of scarcity built into the healthcare system …
Why Private Health Insurance Makes No Sense Current …
Webfiled 21 November 2020 in Healthcare. There is a lot of nonsense and confusion on the subject of healthcare in the United States. During the Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders was criticized by fellow Democrats for wanting to raise middle-class taxes and abolish the private insurance industry. Many Democrats have defended the system of private
Wendell Potter on How the Health Insurance Industry …
WebWendell Potter is the former vice president of Cigna, but don’t let that fool you. He is no longer part of the evil empire of the private insurance industry. For ten years now he has been an activist exposing the PR spin and lies of the insurance industry and [pushing] for single-payer healthcare in America, and I’m very excited to talk to him.
Freedom-Loving Americans Should Demand Universal Healthcare
WebThe American healthcare system is an imposition on freedom-loving Americans. It is restrictive, invasive, unnecessarily complicated, full of red tape, extraordinarily bloated, and wasteful. Though each universal healthcare system is different, and of course none are perfect, they are leaner, more effective, and give their …
Our ‘Normal’ Responses to Mental Health Crises Are Not Working
WebOur ‘Normal’ Responses to Mental Health Crises Are Not Working. People in pain need care and support, not state-sanctioned violence. Mary Grace Ruden. filed 31 March 2021 in Healthcare. On January 6, 2021, a young woman in Tigard, Oregon called the police. She was seeking help for Jacob MacDuff, a 26-year-old man who was in a …
How The Phrase “Universal Healthcare” Became Meaningless
WebHypernormalization, a term coined by anthropologist Alexei Yurchak, is the surreal, uniform acceptance of a false version of reality and the myths that fuel that false reality. “Healthcare for all,” “healthcare is a human right,” “my plan for universal healthcare”—politicians say it but everyone knows it’s a facade.
The Obstacle Course Facing Those Seeking Abortions
WebCarole Joffe is one of the foremost experts in reproductive rights in America. Michalle Goldberg of the New York Times has said that “nobody knows more about reproductive rights than Carole Joffe.”A professor in the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health Program in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive …
Why A “Public Option” Isn’t Enough Current Affairs
WebWhy A “Public Option” Isn’t Enough. The point of replacing private health insurance with single payer…. At one point, the meaning of “Medicare For All” was quite clear. Under Medicare For All, every American, instead of having to navigate the tangled and inefficient marketplace of for-profit health insurance corporations, would
Our Money Where Our Mouth Is Current Affairs
WebJust before the 4th of July, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, like other All-American politicos, announced a crackdown on illegal fireworks sales. No one is quite certain why or how the flashbangs started, but the mayor made it crystal clear the NYPD would be responding with sting operations.
Interview: Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on the Politics of COVID-19
WebCurrent Affairs editors Nathan J. Robinson and Eli Massey recently spoke to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, CNN contributor, former head of the Detroit health department, host of the America Dissected podcast, and occasional Current Affairs writer.Dr. El-Sayed is also the author of a new book, Healing Politics: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of our …
The Many Bad Arguments Against Medicare For All
Webfiled 23 January 2020 in Healthcare. An obvious argument for Medicare for All goes like this: Americans die about three years sooner on average than their Canadian or British counterparts. The most obvious explanation of this difference is that Canada has already implemented “Medicare for All” and Britain has gone even further in the same
The Data Show That Socialism Works Current Affairs
WebThe Data Show That Socialism Works. People are better off to the extent that they live under democratic socialism. Nick Warino. filed 07 December 2019 in Socialism. The left, right, and center disagree on the merits of socialism. But these disagreements are often impenetrable, as they rarely even agree which countries are socialist.
The ACA Marketplace Is a Scam Covered With the Veneer of …
WebThe ACA Marketplace Is a Scam Covered With the Veneer of “Choice”. Purchasing health insurance on the marketplace is so confusing that it is impossible for consumers to make rational choices. Nathan J. Robinson. filed 02 July 2022 in Healthcare. Until now, I was fortunate enough not to need the HealthCare.gov insurance marketplace.
The Clinton Foundation’s Problems Are Deeper Than You Think
WebFirst, the Clinton Foundation is a strange type of “charity” to begin with. The New York Times has described the Foundation as “more a nonprofit global consulting firm than a traditional philanthropy.”. Contrary to James Carville’s claim that the Foundation is “taking money from rich people and giving it to poor people,” its
How the Life Coaching Industry Sells Pseudo-Solutions to Our …
WebPseudoscience “Happiness Formulas” and “Happiness Pie Charts” have been circulating among life coaches to persuade people that circumstances (such as race, age, sex, income, health, level of education, etc.) account for less than 10 percent of our happiness. For example, Seligman’s dubious equation (Happiness = S + C + V) asserts …
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