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Betrayed in the Coalfields: The Trump Administration’s Attack on Miners’ Health
The Trump administration cut funding for mobile black lung X-ray unit. For more than 20 years, NIOSH’s “Miners Choice” mobile unit has...
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Aug 71 min read


Trump’s Tariffs Are Driving Up Drug Costs - And There’s No Quick Fix
The Trump administration’s latest 15% tariff on pharmaceutical imports from the European Union is already pushing up prescription drug...
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Jul 312 min read


Trump’s Sabotage of the ACA Is Costing Americans More Than Ever
As Americans brace for the steepest rise in Affordable Care Act (ACA) premiums since 2018, it’s important to remember who’s driving these...
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Jul 241 min read


Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and the Great Die Off
Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is poised to trigger the deadliest health care crisis since his disastrous COVID-19 response —...
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Jul 82 min read


Memorial Day, Medicaid, and Trump's Big Lie
Memorial Day is a time to honor the brave men and women who gave their lives to protect our democracy. Their sacrifices demand more than...
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May 251 min read


Trump's Broken Promise: House GOP Bill Triggers Devastating $500 Billion Medicare Cuts
On Wednesday, a sobering report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed what many feared: the House GOP's One...
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May 221 min read


The Deadly Cost of Vaccine Misinformation
As whooping cough surges across the U.S., public health experts are sounding the alarm — and for good reason. The U.S. Centers for...
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Apr 251 min read


"Obeying in Advance": Trans Rights Under Attack in Pittsburgh
Salem, an 18-year-old, faced a devastating blow when UPMC, one of the nation’s top health care companies, canceled their scheduled top...
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Apr 31 min read


Trump’s Assault on Mental Health Services is a Death Sentence
Every year more than 60,000 Americans die by suicide, more than twice the number of homicides. But that didn’t stop Trump from slashing...
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Mar 42 min read


Private Equity is Dismantling Our Health Care System
Private equity-owned healthcare systems are going bankrupt at unprecedented rates. It will only get worse under a second Trump...
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Oct 9, 20243 min read


Republican Playbook Calls for Lifetime Caps on Medicaid – Medicare is Next
Nearly one in five American citizens (nearly 80 million people) rely on Medicaid for their basic health care. [1] This includes...
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Jun 27, 20242 min read


First Roe, Now Contraception - Republicans Push More Restrictions on Reproductive Freedom
In 1961, Estelle Griswald and Dr. C. Lee Bruxton were arrested and convicted for violating Connecticut’s 1879 Comstock law banning...
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Jun 5, 20242 min read
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