healthcare

Premiums for the most popular ObamaCare plans are rising by an average of 34 percent in 2018 in states that use Healthcare.gov, according to a new independent analysis. The study released Wednesday by consulting firm Avalere Health said the premium increases in "silver" plans are being driven...

Black women in Texas are dying with frightening frequency after childbirth — at a rate up to nearly three times higher than that of white women. And no one has figured out why. In a state with the worst overall maternal mortality in the nation, the Texas legislature opened a special session...

Racism is fueling a national health crisis. After she lost her son, Tonda Thompson dreamed of a baby in a washing machine. She’d stuffed in dirty clothes and closed the door. The lock clicked shut. Water rushed in. Then she saw him, floating behind the glass. Frantic, she jabbed at a keypad on...

Seriously. :kanyebp: Forget every other social issue Democrats, liberals, conservatives, and the GOP are fighting over. :martin: Black people have no single large issue that we can unite over anymore. Having free healthcare, or at least free basic services with no lifetime spending limits...

I know there are several threads for the AHCA bill, but since the Senate declared that they were writing their own bill, I think it needs its own thread. :obama: ... And with that being said: Vox interviewed 8 GOP Senators about the Senate healthcare bill. :lupe: Not one of them could clearly...

Aetna CEO in private meeting: “Single-payer, I think we should have that debate” A top insurance executive signals openness to government-financed health care. The chief executive of one of the country’s largest health insurance companies says he is open to having a single-payer debate...

Sad world when Big Pharma grossly profits from junkies... Jennifer Stepp, left, and her daughter teach a naloxone training class for children and adults on how to save lives by injecting the drug into people suffering opioid overdoses. Suddenly in demand, naloxone injector goes from $690...

Everyone should consider taking vitamin D supplements in autumn and winter, public health advice in England and Wales says. It comes as a government commissioned report sets the recommended levels at 10 micrograms of the vitamin a day. But officials are concerned this may not be achievable...

And Bernie's camp responds :dead: ______________________ Hillary Clinton tried to pull a fast one on Bernie Sanders’ healthcare proposal at a rally in Saint Louis this afternoon. She failed miserably. While speaking to supporters, Clinton joked that she sometimes has “a little chuckle to...

Don't forget to do it if you have no options brehs

Ok I'll try to keep this short and sweet.... My brother is in the hospital for kidney failure, he's undergoing dialysis and all types of shyt because he got high blood pressure and diabetes. So I get off work doing an OT shift my moms calls me irate talking about he's gonna discharge himself...