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How to Make Health Insurance Work for You
Even when a person has health insurance, healthcare in the U.S. is largely inaccessible. Copays and deductibles are enough to put people in thousands of dollars of debt. Investopedia cited an NPR poll that found, “27 percent of respondents…
Mainstream under-reporting of the climate crisis
Only immediate climate action can save the future. If we don’t take action, the collapse of our civilizations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon.
A speech by Bill Moyers
At an April 30…
The Ohio “Heartbeat Bill” and Adoption Mania at the Statehouse
A few weeks ago, Ohio became the sixth state to pass a so-called “Heartbeat Bill” that prohibits abortion after a “fetal heartbeat” can be heard–around the sixth week of pregnancy when most women don’t even know yet they are pregnant.
Ohio…
Forced birth, ectopic transplants, and misogyny: Where crank science meets crank politicians in Ohio
OMG! Ohio Rep. John Becker (R-Clermont County)is even dumber than I thought. In fact, he has just grabbed the dumber-than-a-doorknob title held for the last few years by former Rep. Jim Buchy who once told Al Jazeera he couldn’t figure out…