Healthcare

On this page you will find information pertaining to healthcare as well as what needs addressing.

1. First and foremost, the United States needs Single Payer Healthcare - but be wary when politicians say they want to pass or introduce universal health care, for they are not the same. If given the chance, be sure to ask for clarification.

Medicare for All Would Save the U.S. Trillions (February 21st, 2020)
Why American Healthcare Is The Worst In The Developed World (April 17th, 2020)
Social Inequality and the Future of US Life Expectancy (2021)

Health Care in the U.S. Compared to Other High-Income Countries (2021)
This Republican Town Has Medicare For All (January 30th, 2022)
New Studies Show Big Pharma Has Been Lying About Antidepressants for Years (October 7th, 2022)
Big Pharma Exploited Patent Laws to Keep Medicare Drug Prices High, Report Finds (August 15th, 2024)
People vs Profits: China and US Health Care Systems Compared (March 4th, 2025)

American Healthcare is a Nightmare (March 17th, 2025)
How the neoliberal system, oligarchies, and big pharma are making us crazy and blame us for it, too. (March 25th, 2025)
The Economic Case for Universal Healthcare in the United States (May 11th, 2025
The Cost To Having A Baby In America (May 12th, 2025)
G.O.P. Going After Medicaid AGAIN (May 20th, 2025)
Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" Will DESTROY Medicaid (May 24th, 2025)
Why America doesn’t have universal healthcare (June 9th, 2025)
Widower BAGS GROCERIES To Pay Late Wife's Medical Debt (June 19th, 2025)
China cures diabetes (July 7th, 2025)
BBB Will Send Health Insurance Prices SOARING (July 28th, 2025)
One of the reasons the US doesn't have universal healthcare is because of racism (August 7th, 2025)
GOP Rep SHOCKED When Nebraska Town Hall Cheers Universal Healthcare (August 9th, 2025)

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2. Codify Roe V Wade into law

10-year-old victim denied abortion in Ohio, forced to travel to Indiana (July 6th, 2022)
Louisiana woman forced to carry fetus missing skull to term or travel to Florida for abortion (August 19th, 2022)
Florida court says 16-year-old in state care is too immature to choose abortion (August 17th, 2023)
Judge uses slavery law to rule on frozen embryo case (March 9th, 2023)
CLIP: Five Women SUE Texas (March 12th, 2023)
Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down State’s 1849 Abortion Ban (July 2nd, 2025)

📚 Book Recommendation: The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—or Being Denied—an Abortion

❓ Abortion Access and Help

The first I heard of the nice project to provide free Narcan in case of opioid overdose was in August, 2022. The first free Narcan vending machine was installed in Texas at 4430 Menchaca Rd. - Ohio has a similar program. albeit not for free.

3. Ban and make the sale of private medical data without consent illegal.

4. Provide free mental health care and services.

America's Long-Suffering Mental Health System (History)

Ghost Stories of Capitalism: Mental Health is a Class Issue (2022)

5. Senior care and end of life care that is fully funded by single payer or insurance, with no out of pocket costs for the elderly or their families. Additionally, for those who want their aging family members to remain with them in their home, single payer or insurance must also cover in-home care and/or assisted living services. Additionally, the government should also provide you the option to recover all your loved ones online data and remove as much of it as possible from the Internet upon request.

(September 6th, 2022)

My Grandmother passed on February 16th, 2025, with my grandfather passing 10 years earlier. Over the years I noticed just how much of a financial toll taking care of elderly loved ones is, as well as how costly end of life care can be. In response to that, I threw this image together.

Judy Karofsky, the author of 'DisElderly Conduct,' had a heartfelt talk with Steve Grumbine about elder care in the United States, or rather, the lack thereof.

6. We must do something about liability protections for pharmaceutical companies in order to hold them accountable for any wrong doing and prevent them from pushing out dangerous products just to make a profit faster.

7. Mandatory paid maternity / paternity leave for new parents regardless of the job or company, with smaller mom and pop stores getting subsidies to help them afford such benefits. As well as free daycare for those who make less than 50k/yr.

8. A global effort to address micro and Nano plastics which are not only being found in various ecosystems around the world but in our bodies as well, including the lungs, blood, human placenta and breast milk as well.

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