It’s one of the many ways companies, cities and states are trying to come up with solutions to help ensure the working poor get the health care they need — even in states that haven’t ...

Put another way, poor people spent much more of their income on health care than the richest people did, and as a result around 1.5 percent of all relative income shifted toward the higher earners.

David Shipler, the author of The Working Poor: Invisible in America relates a story about how the Boston Medical Center uses lawyers to help poor people get better health care.

It's an epidemic, really, of poor quality. Even though access to care is still incomplete — people with depression still can't get services, people with cancer often cannot get any care in low ...

Entering its fourth week, the Poor People's Campaign turned its attention Monday to health care and the health of the earth as 40 days of nonviolent civil disobedience continued its pursuit of ...

Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for the poor that covers nearly 87 million people, contracts with companies to reimburse hospitals and doctors for treatment and to manage an ...

Poor People Are Still Sicker Than The Rich In Germany, Despite Universal Health Care By Shefali Luthra Published October 16, 2019 at 11:21 AM CDT ...

Experts said the pandemic has highlighted long-standing racial disparities, including poor access to quality and affordable health care. Advocates for the poor complain governments haven't done a ...

For now, the White House’s actions go beyond denying poor people health care, which Republicans have signaled for a long time they are happy to do.

News; Health care needs among central Pennsylvania’s poor have no racial, ethnic or geographic boundaries. Updated: ; Oct. 05, 2021, 8:46 p.m. | Published: ; Sep ...

55% say government aid to the poor does more good than harm. 79% say Social Security benefits should not be reduced in any way. Views on the effect of government aid to the poor. A majority of ...