Tag: Health Care
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,…
November 2, 2022
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,…
November 1, 2022
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…
October 24, 2022
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…
September 29, 2022
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…
September 23, 2022
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…
August 30, 2022
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.…
August 19, 2022
‘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.…
August 18, 2022
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…
July 27, 2022
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…
July 13, 2022
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…
June 22, 2022
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…
January 31, 2022