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Inside UnitedHealth’s Effort to Deny Coverage for a Patient’s Care — ProPublica

capitalism · chronic-illness · eugenics · handicapitalism · healthcare · insurance

February 5, 2023 at 2:12:30 PM EST · permalink

https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-healthcare-insurance-denial-ulcerative-colitis

People With Disabilities Deserve Better Health Care. We All Do

ableism · capitalism · healthcare

February 5, 2023 at 2:10:18 PM EST * · permalink

https://undark.org/2023/02/02/people-with-disabilities-deserve-better-health-care-we-all-do/? Updates

The Tests Are Vital. But Congress Decided That Regulation Is Not. — ProPublica

bad-science · capitalism · healthcare

February 5, 2023 at 2:09:10 PM EST · permalink

https://www.propublica.org/article/prenatal-screening-cancer-tests-regulation

Big Pharma Profiteering Brings Major Medication Shortages | Socialist Alternative

capitalism · handicapitalism · pharma

February 5, 2023 at 1:52:35 PM EST · permalink

https://www.socialistalternative.org/2023/02/02/big-pharma-profiteering-brings-major-medication-shortages/

Absence from work at record high as Americans feel strain from Covid | Coronavirus | The Guardian

capitalism · COVID-19 · employment · labor

January 29, 2023 at 9:25:23 PM EST · permalink

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/29/covid-absence-workforce-health-long-covid

New Study Proved Every Company, Business Should Go to 4-Day Workweek

capitalism · employment · research

January 19, 2023 at 5:13:18 AM EST · permalink

https://www.businessinsider.com/4-day-workweek-successful-trial-evidence-productivity-retention-revenue-2023-1

70% of drugs advertised on TV are of “low therapeutic value,” study finds | Ars Technica

advertising · bad-science · capitalism · pharma

January 18, 2023 at 12:22:51 PM EST · permalink

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/most-prescription-drugs-advertised-on-tv-are-of-low-benefit-study-finds/

CFPB Takes Action to Halt Debt Collection Mill From Bombarding Consumers with Junk Lawsuits | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

banks · capitalism · finance · law

January 14, 2023 at 9:06:23 AM EST · permalink

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-takes-action-to-halt-debt-collection-mill-from-bombarding-consumers-with-junk-lawsuits/

Moderna CEO: 400% price hike on COVID vaccine “consistent with the value” | Ars Technica

capitalism · COVID-19 · eat-the-rich · pharma · vaccines

January 12, 2023 at 4:27:11 AM EST · permalink

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/moderna-may-match-pfizers-400-price-hike-on-covid-vaccines-report-says/

Is the US Cannabis Industry Just a Front for the Russian Mob?

cannabis · capitalism · corruption · politics-Russia · politics-US

January 4, 2023 at 6:41:16 PM EST · permalink

https://cannabis.net/blog/news/is-the-us-cannabis-industry-just-a-front-for-the-russian-mob

Pharma Giants to Hike 350+ US Drug Prices in the New Year: Analysis

capitalism · handicapitalism · pharma

December 31, 2022 at 1:22:44 PM EST · permalink

https://www.commondreams.org/news/drugmakers-350

Why don't Americans have at-home flu tests?

capitalism · COVID-19 · politics-US · public-health

December 31, 2022 at 1:51:15 AM EST · permalink

https://www.statnews.com/2022/11/22/why-doesnt-the-u-s-have-at-home-flu-tests/

Roman Abramovich Secretly Funded World’s Largest Marijuana Company

cannabis · capitalism · corruption · politics-Russia · politics-US

December 23, 2022 at 4:45:11 PM EST · permalink

https://www.forensicnews.co/roman-abramovich-secretly-funded-worlds-largest-marijuana-company/

SAFE Banking’s failure: Who’s to blame, and what’s next for marijuana industry?

cannabis · capitalism · finance · politics-US

December 22, 2022 at 4:49:05 PM EST · permalink

https://mjbizdaily.com/why-safe-banking-failed-and-what-are-next-steps-for-marijuana-industry/

A Disabled Person’s Guide of Navigating Hustle Culture | by Merlin J. Star | Dec, 2022 | Medium

capitalism · disabilities · employment · Gig-Economy

December 11, 2022 at 4:38:01 PM EST · permalink

https://medium.com/@merlinstar/a-disabled-persons-guide-of-navigating-hustle-culture-ca9b48dcb41c

Highlighting Disability / Poverty Connection, NCD Urges Congress to Alter Federal Policies that Disadvantage People with Disabilities | NCD.gov

capitalism · disabilities · employment · politics-US · poverty

December 11, 2022 at 4:37:30 PM EST · permalink

https://ncd.gov/newsroom/2017/disability-poverty-connection-2017-progress-report-release

Mass Long-Covid Disability Threatens the Economy - The Washington Post

ableism · capitalism · COVID-19 · disabilities · labor

December 11, 2022 at 4:36:01 PM EST · permalink

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/mass-long-covid-disability-threatens-the-economy/2022/12/07/e2a70158-762f-11ed-a199-927b334b939f_story.html

Workers at Olin’s McIntosh Alabama Plant Recall Asbestos Exposure — ProPublica

Asbestos · capitalism · disabilities · environment · labor

December 11, 2022 at 4:34:51 PM EST · permalink

https://www.propublica.org/article/asbestos-poisoning-plant-mcintosh-alabama-olin

Meatpacking Giant Tied to Child Labor, Deforestation and Mass COVID Infection - Truthout

animal-agriculture · capitalism · child-welfare · COVID-19 · labor

December 11, 2022 at 4:27:56 PM EST · permalink

https://truthout.org/articles/meatpacking-giant-tied-to-child-labor-deforestation-and-mass-covid-infection/

How Big Tech’s ‘toxic’ business model is fuelling the climate crisis | Euronews

An estimated 1 per cent of total energy consumption on Earth is used just to serve online ads.

advertising · capitalism · energy · environment

December 4, 2022 at 9:15:31 PM EST · permalink

https://www.euronews.com/green/amp/2022/12/02/how-big-techs-toxic-business-model-is-fuelling-the-climate-crisis