This week’s Health Justice newsletter examines efforts to move beyond the traditional medical industry. First, we hear from the authors of a new book on the social movement origins of healing justice. Next, we consider what it would look like to eliminate medical debt. Then, how the US healthcare’s reliance on under-compensated workers undermines health, economic, and racial justice efforts. Finally, NPQ is hiring for several positions.
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NPQ interviews Cara Page, co-founder of the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective, and Erica Woodland, Founding Director of the National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network, about their new book Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care, and Safety, which chronicles the history and present of healing justice. Read more…
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To fully protect people across the nation from bills they can’t afford to pay, policy-makers and advocates will also have to take on the elephant in the room: The United States has the most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet for all we pay, it is failing to deliver safe, affordable, and efficient care—across multiple dimensions. Read more…
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Today, the nation’s healthcare system has nearly seven million low-wage workers. Worker co-ops can play an essential role in transforming their workplace conditions. Read more…
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The NPQ team is expanding. Can you imagine yourself as part of the NPQ team? Check out our job opportunities. Find out more…
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