Fascism and Women’s Health – None of Us Is Spared
Women’s health is under attack, and this is not a fringe issue. Attacks on women’s health are direct attacks on a majority of Americans, and they harm everyone.
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The Health Crisis in America, and What Indivisibles Can Do
This is yet another story on our decreased access to healthcare under the Trump administration and a Republican triumvirate. Under the current regime, undermining experts and disassembling healthcare infrastructure is a continuing process.
The Health Crisis in America, and What Indivisibles Can Do
On the first day of his second term, Trump withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization. Without international data collection and analysis, we lose our ability to understand what’s happening in the world around us. A WHO statement warns that it was “a decision that makes both the United States and the world less safe.”
The Health Crisis in America, and What Indivisibles Can Do
Trump 2.0, along with the Republican majorities in Congress and the Supreme Court, have taken regressive actions that endanger everyone’s health and safety, but the impact is most severe for the least privileged sectors of society. While budgets for healthcare are slashed to an unprecedented degree, tax cuts for the wealthy abound. Loss of access to care is one cause of the increased risk of disease in our communities.
The Health Crisis in America, and What Indivisibles Can Do
This is the first in a series on the Trump administration’s broad attack on the health of Americans. Physician, author, and Indivisible Weston co-founder Kim Bergner starts with an overview of the issues.
Save Medicare! Stop the corporate takeover by Medicare Advantage plans.
Our Medicare system is fracturing into two separate systems: the original, non-profit Medicare, which works for the public good, and privatized Medicare Advantage which gives huge profits to private insurance corporations. Medicare Advantage is bad for individual recipients and very bad financially for the country.
Healthcare Notes — Part 2: State agencies address MassHealth coverage, …
Despite Massachusetts having some of the best hospitals and healthcare services in the country, these benefits are not equally available to all people, particularly vulnerable populations.
Healthcare Notes — Part 1: Massachusetts legislators take on high …
Healthcare remains on many minds as we start this new year. Our legislators are hearing some of the concerns and are trying to make some modest improvements.
Stop calling them “pro-life.”
Imagine the scene: a “pro-life” organizer sends an email to her followers in which she appears to label reproductive rights activists, including legitimately ordained clergy, “the enemy” and accuses them of “killing, stealing, destroying, and deceiving.” She calls on followers to join her “spiritual army” and to be “ambassadors of His Truth.”
We need more doctors. Let’s make it easier for them …
We clearly have a shortage of doctors in the Commonwealth and it’s even more severe in rural areas like Western Mass. This is due to many factors, including Covid, retirements, and caregiver burnout. There is no easy solution for this, but there is a simple step that could help. One way Massachusetts can make it easier for doctors to come practice here would be to increase physician “portability” by joining the Interstate Medical Licensing Compact (IML Compact).