An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor… Too Close By?

Since its establishment in 1976, Apple has only grown larger, integrating our means of communication, news, music streaming, and social media into its profit-making mechanism. According to the Wall Street…

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The Time for the Public Option is Now

Former President Barack Obama’s signature accomplishment was the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA).The law currently provides healthcare coverage to roughly 31 million Americans and ensures that private health insurance companies…

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Ruthless & Relentless Data-Driven Healthcare Policies

Courtesy of Philadelphia Inquirers’ Tim Tai, Staff Photographer In 1900, when New York City was starting to experience an outbreak much smaller in scale compared to the current COVID-19 outbreak,…

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Is Climate Change Policy Now Healthcare Policy?

A big point of debate in the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination has been healthcare, and more specifically, Medicare. Healthcare policy has been discussed by all Democratic presidential candidates, and they have taken a clear stance on this issue. However, not all candidates have decisively addressed their plans to combat climate change. To Americans, right now, healthcare is about premiums, insurance, coverage, and human rights. In a decade or so, healthcare may just be about environmental hazards, damage control, and survival.

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