healthcare

Presidential candidates have mostly steered clear of discussing healthcare reform due to its sensitive nature, with worries about the benefits system potentially running dry in a few years. However, many GOP candidates have recently adopted more assertive stances on the issue. This shift coincides with May polling data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, revealing that […]

A senior Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employee turned whistleblower is alleging years of “problematic practices” in the agency’s treatment of migrants under detention at the border. In a letter sent to Congress on Nov. 30 by the Government Accountability Project, an advocacy group, on behalf of Troy Hendrickson, the CBP employee detailed the alleged […]

NTD’s Don Ma spoke with Steve Gruber, director and host of a new documentary on EpochTV, “Flatline: America’s Hospital Crisis,” for more insights on the health care situation in America.

Unions representing some 75,000 Kaiser Permanente employees have reached a tentative deal with the consortium, after the largest health care strike in U.S. history. “The frontline healthcare workers of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions are excited to have reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser Permanente,” the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions said in a […]

About 75,000 health care workers launched a planned three-day strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities across the United States on Wednesday, the largest-ever such action in the healthccare sector. Those walking off the job include nurses, medical technicians, and other support staff at hundreds of hospitals in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Kaiser […]

LOS ANGELES—Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers took to picket lines in multiple states on Wednesday, launching a massive strike that the company warned could cause delays at its hospitals and clinics that serve nearly 13 million Americans. The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, representing about 85,000 of the health system’s employees nationally, approved […]

Over 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers from across the country, will potentially strike from Oct. 4 to Oct. 7. Kaiser is one of America’s largest healthcare providers. It has 12.7 million members, operates 622 medical offices, and provides health insurance. Many Americans would immediately feel the impact of a strike. Paul Mueller, a senior research fellow […]

Amid the healthcare crackdown, leaked documents from Beijing’s city Health Commission reveal a secret directive: seemingly to launder ‘bribery’ funds. The document states that any accepted gift money, payment vouchers, or commercial prepaid cards from medical staff and health institutions should be deposited into so-called “clean accounts.” Noting the accounts will conceal the privacy of […]

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Kristian Niemietz, Head of Political Economy at the Institute of Economic Affairs think tank. Kristian is an expert on reformation of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), a topic that has seen him subject to backlash and attack. He talks about the special status the NHS has in the hearts […]

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce passed a number of bipartisan bills on July 12 aimed at bolstering transparency when it comes to health care pricing, while simultaneously lowering costs. The four bills are part of the latest clampdown by members of Congress on soaring medical costs and drug prices that have left an […]

The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced criminal charges against 78 people across 16 U.S. states for alleged health care fraud and opioid abuse schemes that resulted in $2.5 billion in alleged fraudulent claims. According to the department, the elderly and disabled, as well as HIV patients, were among those targeted by the schemes. Of the […]

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley called for requiring members of Congress to get their health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), saying it would prompt them to fix that broken system. “My way of fixing this is I think every member of Congress should have to get their health […]

A lawsuit challenging Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers was revived on May 25 by a federal appeals court. U.S. District Judge Jon Levy, an Obama appointee, wrongly tossed the case when he ruled in 2022 that the mandate is “rationally based,” judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit […]

A new report finds that nonprofit hospitals profited tremendously during the pandemic. What does this say about the health care system in America? The CEO of the watchdog group joins us to explore the situation. Thousands of illegal immigrants are gathering at the U.S.–Mexico border as Title 42 ends. NTD is at the southern border with the latest […]

A walkout by most Republicans and two independent members of the Oregon Senate starting May 3 delayed action by the majority Democrats on bills related to restricting access to guns, and increasing access to abortion, and gender-transition services. Because Oregon’s legislative rules require a two- thirds quorum to conduct business, the session ground to a […]

What would the impact be of the Biden administration’s plan to expand healthcare to DACA recipients? And how likely is such healthcare expansion to go through? NTD spoke to an expert to find more details.

President Joe Biden has announced plans to expand health coverage for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients, according to the administration’s announcement on April 13. The Department of Health and Human Services will propose a rule amending the definition of “lawful presence”—for purposes of Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage—to include DACA recipients, allowing them […]