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The killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, Brian Thompson, in an apparent assassination this week has led to an outpouring of popular rage against health insurance companies from across the political spectrum.
This week’s reading list adds essential context on the state of health care in America—from Adam Gaffney on the Obama administration’s flawed theory of high health care spending to a forum on the corruption of the pharmaceutical industry, and more.
Physicians have been fighting for health justice for decades. To succeed, we need practical models for collectively remaking our systems of care.
Private insurance companies have long dominated the provision of social security in the United States, but resistance is growing.
In place of the hype over personalized medicine, we need a more sober evaluation of the meaning of health and health care.
Contrary to the Obama administration, U.S. health care spending isn’t high because Americans use too much medicine. The real culprit is our fragmented and privatized system.
Conflicts of interest undermine the goals of medical care and harm the public.
The long battle between liberals and Black intellectuals over the meaning of colonialism.
Not only a tool to justify U.S. and Israeli intervention, the label is increasingly dividing Iranian society from within.
The new government’s greatest challenge may be rebuilding a just society in the aftermath of barbaric state violence.
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