Environment / Health

Coronavirus Proves It: We Need Medicare for All

Health care rationing isn’t what awaits us in a single-payer system. It’s happening now in our failed for-profit system.

…And testing positive.

Why we can’t be okay with other people bearing the brunt of a pandemic or recession.

Americans aren’t stocking up on toilet paper because we fear a virus. It’s because we fear our system won’t protect us.

Something ought to be done.

Putting politics ahead of science is a prescription for disaster when you face a pandemic.

The former Indiana governor presided over the state’s worst ever HIV outbreak. His ignorance made it worse.

Epidemiologists say it’s no coincidence Americans now live shorter lives than their counterparts in more equal economies.

Pence’s disastrous public health record makes him the natural choice to lead Trump’s coronavirus response.

There are few clearer ways to see an administration’s choices than its budget. Here’s what we found in the president’s.