The Dirty War on the National Health Service: John Pilger documentary "goes to the heart of the struggle for democracy today"
wsws.org | 2019-12-10
Pilger's work is a deeply passionate appeal to working people in the UK to oppose the decades-long, covert assault on the NHS by all three major parties.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/10/dirt…
Kalamata City Council Blocks 5G Pilot Program Due to Health Risks
Greek City Times | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-10
Kalamata Council has decided to block further development and operation of the 5G network program, which is currently being piloted in the Peloponnesian city. | The council held a meeting and considered the radiation of the mobile network upgrade to be …
globalresearch.ca/kalamata-city-council-blocks-5g-pilot-program-due-health-risks/5697197
Thousands of children in New Jersey found to have elevated blood lead levels
wsws.org | 2019-12-10
The New Jersey Department of Health's annual report shows that scandalous levels of lead contamination in public water are not limited to the city of Newark, where local officials' criminal response made headlines this year.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/10/lead…
Roxette vocalist Marie Fredriksson has died at the age of 61
rt.com | 2019-12-10
Swedish singer Marie Fredriksson, best known as one half of the pop duo Roxette, has died "following a 17-year long battle with cancer." She is survived by her husband and two children. | Formed in 1986 by Fredriksson and Per Gessle, Roxette went on to become one of Sweden's best-selling bands with hits including 'Listen to Your Heart', 'It Must Have Been Love' and 'The Look'. | Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2002 and successfully underwent surgery, but reportedly suffered ongoing health problems. The band took a hiatus to allow her time to recover, but reformed in 2009 and held a series of co…
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'Inhumane': US Border Officials Deny Request by Doctors to Administer Free Flu Vaccine to Detained Migrants
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-12-10
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Hunger-striker in Serious Condition
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-09
Ahmad Zahran, a Palestinian administrative detainee held in Israeli jails who has been on hunger strike for 78 consecutive days, in protest against his incarceration without charge or trial, is in serious health condition and has been admitted to an Israeli hospital, today, said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). Zahran, …
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Medicare for All in the Spotlight at Tuesday Hearing; Public Citizen Experts Available to Explain Why It Is the Only Viable Health Care System
commondreams.org | 2019-12-09
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Inequality threatening human development, new global UN report warns
news.un.org | 2019-12-09
Despite global progress in tackling poverty, hunger and disease, a "new generation of inequalities" indicates that many societies are not working as they should, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) argues in its latest report released on Monday.
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On Human Rights Day, Let's Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Martin Fleck | progressive.org | 2019-12-09
A nuclear war would create one of the worst humanitarian crises imaginable, one for which no nation would have an adequate emergency or health response.
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From Health Insurance Spin Doctor to Truth Teller
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-09
"I was getting people to make decisions based on misleading information that could have life or death consequences." | That's Wendell Potter, the former head of public relations for CIGNA. As the executive spin doctor for one of the biggest health insurance companies in the country, he was responsible for concocting tales that enabled CIGNA to deny coverage, discredit critics, and otherwise cast the corporate health insurance machine in a positive light. That was until the numbers in his spreadsheets became actual people…
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Three Ways the "Fairness for All Act" Doesn't Protect LGBTQ People from Discrimination
Ian S. Thompson | aclu.org | 2019-12-09
On Friday, Congressman Chris Stewart (R-Utah) and | several of his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives introduced | the so-called "Fairness for All Act." The bill is being described by its | supporters as a compromise that protects both LGBTQ people and religious | liberty. | In reality, the bill facilitates the Trump | administration's ongoing efforts to give a greenlight to those who would turn | LGBTQ people away from jobs, health care, housing, even taxpayer-funded | programs, simply because of who they are. The bill also weakens some | longstanding protections in federal and state laws…
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'An Abomination': Sanders Decries Reality in Which GoFundMe Has a 'Six Cancer Fundraising Tips' Webpage
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-12-09
Not upset with with the crowdfunding service for providing resources to those in desperate need, 2020 presidential candidate lashed out against a system that creates the need for such campaigns in the first place. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Setting Gallup Record, Quarter of Americans Say They or Family Member Delayed Medical Care Over Cost in Last Year
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-12-09
"This is the 'choice based' system Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg want to preserve." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Labour says more than 4,600 deaths are linked to 'Tory cutbacks' in the NHS
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-12-08
Over 4,600 deaths between October 2018 and November 2019 can be linked to patient safety incidents in the NHS, Labour has said.Shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth said patient safety data submitted to the NHS's National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) showed 4,668 deaths were down to unintended or unexpected incidents which led to harm.He added that the data illustrates how under-funding of the NHS, lack of investment and staffing pressures under the Conservatives have impacted on patient safety.Ashworth said: These figures are heartbreaking and our thoughts are with the families who have lost a loved one in…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/12/08/labour-says-more-than-4600-deaths-are-linked-to-tory-cutbacks-in-the-nhs/
Death Toll From Measles Outbreak in Samoa Rises to 70
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-08
The death toll from a raging measles epidemic in Samoa reached 70 Sunday, with most of the victims being children as the outbreak continues to spread. | RELATED: | Unicef: 4,000 Killed by Measles Epidemic in DRC This Year | After a mass immunization action last week that saw the entire South Pacific island under a curfew for two days, official figures showed there were 112 new cases in the 24 hours to Monday morning. | The country is still under a state of emergency with all schools c…
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Measles 'misinformation campaigns' through social media, fuel rising toll
news.un.org | 2019-12-05
Measles deaths and infections in 2019 are set to "substantially exceed" last year's toll when more than 142,000 people died from the preventable disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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UN team aids Samoa response to deadly measles epidemic
news.un.org | 2019-12-05
UN teams are on the ground in Samoa as the country combats a deadly measles epidemic. So far, there have been more than 4,200 cases and 62 deaths, mainly babies, prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency on 15 November and launch a mass vaccination campaign five days later.
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Sweden Provides Free Higher Education, Universal Healthcare, Free Daycare — Why Can't the U.S.?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-05
Medicare for All and tuition-free universities have been at the core of the 2020 Democratic presidential campaigns, creating a stark division between progressive candidates and their centrist counterparts. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have proposed to make Medicare for All and public universities cost-free by taxing massive corporations and the super wealthy, and earlier this year, Sanders introduced legislation that would cancel student loan debt. His plan would be paid for with a new tax on Wall Street, he says. It would also make public universities and community colleges free — a key pil…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/5/sweden_vs…
Insurance Companies Are Spending Millions on Attack Ads Against Medicare for All
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-12-04
Healthcare corporations are spending millions of dollars on astroturfed attack ads against Medicare for All. The Partnership for America's Healthcare Future, for example, a coalition of hospitals and insurance companies, has spent $1 million on a television campaign against changes to the current healthcare system they profit from. | The commercial presents the Partnership as a grassroots organization of concerned citizens, rather than that corporate front group exposed by The Intercept that it is. It features a range of actors of different races, ages and occupations expressing their concern over Medicare for Al…
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Malaria: Focus on pregnant women and children, stresses UN health agency report
news.un.org | 2019-12-04
While more pregnant women and children are being protected against malaria than before, more fast-tracking and greater funding are needed to reinvigorate the global response, according to a new United Nations report launched on Wednesday.
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What the U.K. Election Tells Us About Universal Health Care
Sarah Jaffe | progressive.org | 2019-12-03
Across the political spectrum, the British are clear: American-style health care is a terrible idea.
progressive.org/dispatches/uk-election-u…
Warren's Head Tax Is Not More Popular Than A Payroll Tax
Matt Bruenig | peoplespolicyproject.org | 2019-11-17
As we know by now, Elizabeth Warren's Medicare head tax proposal is a regressive mess ( I, II, III, IV). Warren's team knows this. The goal of the proposal i…
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CAP's Topher Spiro Is Trying to Deceive Journalists By Lying
Matt Bruenig | peoplespolicyproject.org | 2019-11-17
It's been fun to see how the Center for American Progress (CAP) navigates this year's presidential election. For insider political reasons, they can't support Biden or Sanders. But for a long time, it was unclear who the alternative candidate they could support would be. | When Kamala Harris was rising, CAP's staff was doing overtime boosting her on Twitter and in the press, including boosting Harris's absurd health care proposal. But Harris's collapse put an end to that strategy. Recently Warren has risen as the alternative and so CAP has been working to promote her campaign, which puts CAP in the comical positi…
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