Why Are the U.S. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services So Important?
Here’s how CMS can affect your life, and why you should pay attention to who’s running it.
First Person: A Black Mama Standing Up for Maternal Health
32 weeks pregnant at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, an expectant mother talks about systemic racism in health care — and why Black mamas need support and resources to combat it
Why the Fight for Black Mamas Is a Public Health Imperative
As we mark Black Maternal Health Week 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic makes clear that centering the communities and people most affected by health crises is crucial
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Anti-Abortion Politicians Use COVID-19 Crisis to Attempt to Stop Access to Safe, Legal Abortion
Five states have sought to block access to abortion by deeming it not “necessary” during the pandemic — sending patients scrambling to get care.
As ACA Turns 10, Pandemic Response Depends on It — But Trump’s Lawsuit Threatens to Eliminate It
Even as a global pandemic rages, the Trump-Pence administration and its political allies aren’t letting up on their attacks.
Trump Weakened Our Health-Care Infrastructure — and That Undermined His Response to Coronavirus
The Trump administration hasn’t been able to effectively respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in part because it has weakened our public health infrastructure and put anti-science ideologues in charge of our health care system.
7 Reasons Why Seema Verma is the Actual Worst
If you’re tired of hearing about the usual cast of appalling characters in the Trump-Pence administration, here’s a powerful player who may have flown under your radar: Seema Verma.
Five Questions for HHS Secretary Azar
This week, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar will testify before several Congressional committees regarding the dangerous Trump budget — which guts vital health-care programs, including Medicaid. We've got some questions we want him to answer.
What to Know About the Fight for Reproductive Justice
For a future with greater health equity and empowerment for Black people, people of color, and Indigenous people this movement is leading the way
The State of the Union, As We See It: Unprecedented Attacks on Reproductive Health and Rights
In the first weeks of 2020, the Trump-Pence administration has launched an onslaught against reproductive health and access to care at Planned Parenthood.