| May 7, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyImagine getting penalized on your credit report for getting cancer, breaking a leg, or just walking into an emergency room. That’s not a hypothetical. It’s the reality for millions of Americans saddled with medical bills they didn’t plan for, understand, or even owe...
| Mar 12, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityThe paper sheet crinkled under me as I shifted on the vinyl examination table. The doctor paused. “Hmm,” she said quietly. This was January 2021. I’d patched together a few gigs since completing a masters degree program the previous year, but was still struggling to...
| Feb 27, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs parents, we’re horrified by the denial of health care to trans children that’s being imposed on families and communities across this country right now. Through President Trump’s executive orders and harsh anti-trans laws in different states, policy makers are...
| Jan 29, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedHealth care is big business in the United States. So big it can be hard to wrap your head around. America’s largest health care company, the UnitedHealth Group, pulled in over $100 billion in revenue in just the fourth quarter of 2024 alone. For the full year, the...
| Dec 11, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedOver 8,000 Americans die every day, many of them unnecessarily. Why? Because the United States still doesn’t have a national health care system that guarantees everyone adequate medical attention. One particular American’s death has driven that point home. On December...
