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Lawyer and Disability Advocate Bryce Rafferty Knows the Life-Changing Importance of Medicaid Services Firsthand

February 28, 2025

By Bobbi Dempsey

With Republican lawmakers considering significant cuts to Medicaid, the healthcare coverage and critical support services that millions of Americans rely on could be in jeopardy. Among the many people who…

Una receta para el desastre

January 31, 2025

By Alondra Trevizo

En la caja de la farmacia me encontré con una factura enorme. Si Trump se sale con la suya, las cosas podrían empeorar.

A Prescription for Disaster

January 27, 2025

By Alondra Trevizo

At the pharmacy counter, I was faced with a huge bill. If Trump gets his way, things could get a lot worse.

Since its Inception, the Spirit of Medicaid Has Been Under Attack. But Grassroots Organizers Are Fighting to Expand Coverage.

July 30, 2024

By Sam Hart

Hoosier Action in Indiana is racking up wins to protect and expand Medicaid access.

Senate health care bill would pull the lifeline of the chronically ill

July 19, 2017

By Stephanie Land

This article originally appeared in the Missoulian. Jamison Hill hasn’t been able to get out of bed in two and a half years. For 18 months, Jamison was too sick…

Americans Pay The Price When Our Political Institutions Erode

June 28, 2017

By Thomas Kennedy

This article first appeared on the Huffington Post. It is said that compromise is the cornerstone of democracy. If that is indeed the case, American democracy is seriously faltering. The…

The Republican Health Care Plan is an Attack on People Like Me

June 23, 2017

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

This article first appeared on The Progressive. How many Americans will be impacted by the GOP’s Obamacare repeal legislation, drafted under veils of secrecy? How many will suffer the consequences?…

GOP Lawmakers Could Not Be Bothered To Read Their Own Health Care Bill

May 16, 2017

By Thomas Kennedy

Seriously? They voted on a bill that would hurt 24 million Americans, but that they never actually read?

Trump Voters and I Have One Thing in Common: We’re Scared of Losing Medicaid

January 15, 2017

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

I recently read about a county in Kentucky that is typical of the kinds of depressed white communities that have dominated the news since Trump’s election. Owsley County is 83…

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