Tag: Health Equity

Medicaid on the chopping block: What’s at stake?

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   As millions of Americans face losing their health coverage, what can single-payer advocates do right now to protect our care and push for something better? What’s truly at stake for our country—and especially for its […]

Death by a thousand cuts: Trump’s attacks on our health care

            THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   How are young people pushing back against a potential rollback that could once again block DACA recipients, or Dreamers, and thousands of others from enrolling in Affordable Care Act coverage? And why do […]

Weaponizing health care: The Trump rule targeting young immigrants

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   As federal officials carry out large-scale, military-style raids and widespread arrests of undocumented immigrants, another fight is quietly brewing — one that could push thousands of people off their health insurance. More than half […]

How Big Insurance Rigs the Rules – and What We Can Do About It

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   How are big insurance companies dodging the very rules meant to protect patients — and turning our health care system into a profit machine for Wall Street? What can we the people do to stop […]

We can save billions on health care – why won’t Congress do it?

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Are Americans finally waking up to the truth about single-payer healthcare? With new Medicare for All bills recently reintroduced in Congress, we’re setting the record straight. Will it really save us money? Is it […]

Profits over patients – America’s sickening healthcare system

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Medicare for All is back in the spotlight with two new bills recently introduced in Congress! What makes these proposals different from earlier versions— and why are some advocates feeling hopeful, even in the current […]

Sex Ed, Medicaid, & Abortion Access: A trio of policies worth fighting for

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Which states have received the highest scores in the rePROs Fight Back’s 13th annual 50-state report card on sexual and reproductive health and rights released in March — and why? And what specific threats […]

Criminalizing Choice: The Deadly Cost of Denying Abortion

            THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   How is America doing on sexual and reproductive health nearly three years after the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade? What are the real-life human rights consequences of abortion bans now sweeping across […]