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This “Non-profit” Hospital Rakes in Billions, Pays No Taxes, and Leaves Patients Mired in Debt

Atrium Health is one of North Carolina’s largest health care organizations. The Charlotte-based hospital network employs over 70,000 people across 1,400 care locations. In 2020,…

Hundreds of Resident Doctors Unionizing at NY’s Montefiore Medical Center

More than 1,200 resident doctors and fellows at Montefiore Medical Center (MMC) in New York announced Tuesday that they are forming a union, citing burnout,…

Oregon Could Be the First State To Make Health Care a Right

Oregon may become the first state to make health care a constitutional right in November. Residents will vote on Ballot Measure 111, which would amend…

Nurses at One of the Largest Queer Health Clinics in the Country Prepare To Strike

Thirty registered nurses at Chicago’s Howard Brown Health (HBH), one of the largest Queer health clinic systems in the country, are gearing up for an…
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After Student Debt, the Next Battle is Against Medical Debt

The most perverse part of medical debt is that it exists at all. There’s probably someone, somewhere, who believes that $120,000 is a fair price…
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Biden Targets Hearing Aid Cartel, Stock Prices Plummet

A new Biden administration rule aimed at improving the price and availability of hearing aids has upended the industry in a matter of days, with…
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South Dakota Could Be The Next Red State to Expand Medicaid

In South Dakota, voters will get to decide whether to expand Medicaid to roughly 42,000 low-income individuals through a constitutional amendment on the November ballot.…

‘A Place to Die’: Inside a Nightmare For-Profit Hospital in Rural America

Reported by Moe Tkacik, produced and edited by Ian McKenna A North Carolina hospital owned by private equity giant Apollo is descending into extreme chaos.…

A Measure to Crack Down on Predatory Medical Debt Collection Is on the Verge of Making the Ballot in Arizona

Liz Gorski was a 15-year-old in Prescott, Arizona, when she was in a car accident that changed her life, and trapped her in a cycle…
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Starbucks Workers Expose The Corporation’s “Progressive” Benefits

Produced and edited by Jordan Zakarin and Ian McKenna Starbucks brags about offering health insurance to workers. But workers say the plans are unaffordable. Some…

These Doctors Make Less Than Minimum Wage. Here’s Why They’re Fighting Back.

Video produced and edited by Paula Pecorella and Meg Herschelin Tens of thousands of U.S. doctors currently work for less than minimum wage. They are…

This Small U.S. Town Has Medicare For All

There are over 19,000 towns across the country, but only one town in America has Medicare for All. The story of how they got it…