Can We Afford the Welfare State?
Unpacking why the obstacle to preserving the welfare state is not national income or demographics but rentiers increasing their take.
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The Persistent Human Costs of Deindustrialization: Lessons from the Collapse of the British Coal Industry
Deindustrialization has terrible consequences to the communities suffering from shut-downs, including future generations.
Read more...Interview: The Emerging Ethics of Innovative Brain Research
Significant investment has been put toward brain research, including the development of new technologies to treat some conditions. These technologies may very well improve lives, but they also raise a host of ethical issues
Read more...Kamala’s Failed Opportunity
In her DNC speech, Kamala Harris embraced Republican language on the economy. So how deep does her purported progressivism run?
Read more...Patient Underwent One Surgery but Was Billed for Two. Even After Being Sued, She Refused To Pay
A patient stares down a fabricated surgery charge. But what does it say about the prevalence of billing fraud that this matter went to court?
Read more...Can Plastic Waste Be Transformed Into Food for Humans?
Using bacteria to take a bite out of plastic pollution is not new. But can the same microbes be used as a food source?
Read more...Class Traitors Casey and Calley Means Describe How Big Food and Big Pharma Knowingly Make Americans Unhealthy to Tucker
An important Tucker Carlson interview on how Big Food and Big Pharma are profit from worsening American health outcomes.
Read more...FDA Rejects MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Treatment – A Drug Researcher Explains the Challenges Psychedelics Face
The FDA is wary of approving club drugs like MDMA and psychedelics for medial purposes.
Read more...Democrats’ VP Choice Tim Walz Has a History of Working on the Side of Monied Interests Against Workers
Walz’s folksy persona helps mask standard neoliberal positions, and Minnesota workers paid the price.
Read more...Urgent Care or ER? With ‘One-Stop Shop,’ Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof
Hospitals in several states are partnering with a private equity-backed company to offer combined emergency and urgent care in a single building. But patients may not realize prices vary between the two services — often by a lot.
Read more...To Win ‘Medicare for All,’ First Reclaim Medicare From Profiteers
Building on the promise of Medicare means taking on the private-sector enriching, skimpy “Medicare Advantage” program
Read more...Looking for Long Covid: A Clash of Definition and Study Design
Influential studies from the VA St. Louis take a broad view of long Covid. Not every expert agrees with the approach.
Read more...Suicide Squad: U.S. Troops Are Losing a War with Their Deadliest Enemy
Suicide is the leading cause of death for active duty and recently soldiers. The most likely contributor is not what you might suspect.
Read more...Pitchbook Report Attempting to Defend Private Equity Role in Healthcare Suffers from Fundamental, Fatal Analytical Flaw
A recent report from Pitchbook commits data crimes in attempting to depict private equity management of healthcare companies as benign.
Read more...Crying Wolf: Why Negotiating Lower Drug Prices Will Not Harm Pharmaceutical Innovation
More evidence that US drug price curbs are unlikely to be harming pharmaceutical innovation
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