American Healthcare
In 2024, All Immigrants in California May Qualify for Medicaid
By Bernard J. Wolfson Milagro, a Peruvian immigrant in Riverside County, California, has had spotty access to health care in the two decades she’s been in this country. The 48-year-old, who works as the office manager at a nonprofit, can get emergency care through a narrow set of benefits the
I Have A Heart Condition: Here’s What It’s Like
I remember the first time it happened. I was either 20 or 21 years old and I felt a strange pressure in my chest. I thought it was just gas pain, but after forcing out a few burps, it remained. This dull pressure it my chest persisted for a few
The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide
A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But
It Took the World Getting Sick for America to Realize What a Lot of Us Already Knew
Health care in the U.S. has been a house of cards for a long while. COVID-19 is just the first thing in a while to have the potential to bring the entire system crashing down around us.
Why America’s Healthcare Model Is So Inferior
America spends 17% of its GDP on healthcare, which is over 50% higher than the next two developed nations Taiwan and Switzerland which are 11% of GDP. The financial metrics are only one part of looking at the input and outcomes of the health-care system, one must factor in availability,
5 Creative and Free Alternatives to Therapy
By Katie Barbaro Let’s face it: therapy is expensive and rarely covered by insurance. You’ve probably asked yourself, “Do I want to pay out of pocket for an hour-long therapy session or feed myself for a month?” (Answer: FEED YOURSELF, per Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.) Ideally, therapy will someday be