US insurers discourage the sick from enrolling in health plans
By Kate Randall
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law by President Obama in March 2010, prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage for people with preexisting medical conditions. Insurers, however, have devised ways to discourage sicker customers, particularly those with expensive medical conditions, from enrolling for coverage.
With about three months to go before the ACA exchanges begin open enrollment (...)
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US insurers discourage the sick from enrolling in health plans
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Racial crime of the police of Ferguson and critical situation of black people, workers and poor people in USA
19 August 2014An independent autopsy of Michael Brown, performed Sunday, provides graphic evidence that the 18-year-old unarmed youth was shot execution-style by Ferguson policeman Darren Wilson.
The autopsy was conducted at a local funeral home by Dr. Michael Baden, the famed long-time medical examiner of New York City, now retired, with the assistance of forensic pathologist Shawn Parcells. Both experts volunteered their services and acted at the request of the victim’s family.
The two confirmed (...) -
Our Planet or Their Profits
16 August 2014Our Planet or Their Profits
Last month the Richmond city council approved a billion dollar project for Chevron’s Richmond facility to refine dirtier and higher sulfur containing crude oil, which is more toxic than regular oil. This is barely two years after the 2012 fire which sent black fumes into the air and 15,000 people to local hospitals. That was the third major explosion over twelve years.
After the explosion, Chevron was charged with willful neglect by Cal-OSHA for having known (...) -
The fascist atrocities in east Ukraine and the fraud of “humanitarian” war
15 August 2014, by Robert Paris, Tiekoura Levi HamedThe fascist atrocities in east Ukraine and the fraud of “humanitarian” war
By Alex Lantier
The siege of the Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, launched by the regime in Kiev and abetted by the US government and the European Union (EU), is a barbaric act of collective punishment.
The political gangsters in Kiev and their sponsors in Washington and the European capitals have unleashed fascist paramilitary units, such as Right Sector and the Azov Battalion, to wage war on the (...) -
Raskolnikov’s Open Letter to Stalin
28 July 2014, by Robert ParisF.F. Raskolnikov
Tales of Sub-Lieutenant Ilyin
Raskolnikov’s Open Letter to Stalin
This document, dated August 17, 1939, was first published in the Paris émigré newspaper Novqya Rossya of October 1, 1939. According to Roy Medvedev, Let History Judge, (p.257), in 1964 the author’s widow, a resident of France, brought the original of the letter to Moscow. It circulated widely through samizdat channels in the mid-1960s. The translator is indebted to the Current Affairs Research Section (...) -
EU summit in Ypres : The end of the European Union in its current form
20 juillet 2014, par Robert ParisEU summit in Ypres : The end of the European Union in its current form
By Peter Schwarz - WSWS
The president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, is opening today’s EU summit in the Belgian city of Ypres. The 28 heads of state and government are due to pay tribute to the hundreds of thousands of troops who died on the battlefields of the First World War around the town in Flanders. “It will be a moving ceremony as we will be testifying to what Europe is : a project of peace, (...) -
BRICS bank decision highlights growing divisions among major powers
19 July 2014, by Robert ParisBRICS bank decision highlights growing divisions among major powers
By Nick Beams Decisions by the BRICS countries this week to establish a $100 billion development bank and an emergency reserve fund to counter adverse developments in the global financial system point to the deepening divisions between the grouping and the United States.
The establishment of the two new organisations was agreed at the sixth annual summit of BRICS, comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South (...) -
Air strikes kill civilians as Israel prepares new Gaza bloodbath
10 July 2014, by Robert ParisAir strikes kill civilians as Israel prepares new Gaza bloodbath
By Bill Van Auken - WSWS
Israeli bombings and rocket attacks against the densely populated and impoverished neighborhoods of Gaza claimed the lives of at least 27 Palestinians by late Tuesday night and left well over 130 others wounded, many of them seriously.
The Israelis military boasted that it had launched over 273 airstrikes on Tuesday. The attacks, carried out by F-16 fighter jets, Apache helicopters and drones, (...) -
Iraq’s Civil War – Engineered in Washington
26 juin 2014, par Robert ParisIraq’s Civil War – Engineered in Washington
In the last weeks, armed forces calling themselves the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have seized over ten northern cities in Iraq, including Mosul, one of the most important cities. This conflict is an escalation of the violence inflicted on Iraq by the U.S war of occupation since 2003. The government put in place by the U.S. is based on a divide and conquer strategy has become the basis of a civil war which has increased the horrors of life (...) -
World Cup – Rooting For The Working Class
12 June 2014, by Robert ParisWorld Cup – Rooting For The Working Class
The eyes of billions of people all over the world will be watching Brazil in the next weeks during the World Cup. The most popular game in the world, soccer is a source of joy and excitement, more than any other sporting event.
But there is another story taking place behind the scenes, the real story of the suffering and struggle of working people. This is a story, which – like the games themselves – people all over the world can identify with (...)