If Montanans and Americans want health-care access for all, they should view health care as a human right, not a “commodity” controlled and sold by private interests, a human-rights expert says. And ...

President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, in 2010 without a single Republican vote in the House or the Senate. When Obama announced it to the nation, Vice President Joe ...

Health care is different from other commodities (toasters, TVs, second homes). It is generally something we need rather than want; and the more we need it, the less likely it is that we are able to ...

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Should health care be designated a commodity or a public good? Examples of public goods are sidewalks, public schools and national defense, i.e., facilities and services that are accessible and of ...

For many Americans, health care is something to be dreaded and deferred—a source of pain, wasted time, or financial hardship. For luckier Americans, it could mean curling up on an exam table in a med ...

David E. Corey, Sr. stated in his letter that quality health care is a fundamental human right. This is an incorrect estimation of the nature of health care. No one has the right to another man’s ...

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The prospect of soaring health care costs could exacerbate Americans’ feelings about affordability, an issue that President Trump has tried to downplay. But Democrats plan to keep the issue front and ...

Tariffs, inflation, and other federal policies have battered U.S. farmers' bottom lines. Now many farmers say the expiration ...

When Optum, a national health care corporation under parent company UnitedHealth Group, purchased Oregon Medical Group (OMG) in 2020, a mass exodus of primary care providers in the Eugene metro area ...