Op-ed: I’m Dying From ALS and Here’s My Message: No More Half Measures. Only Medicare for All
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Op-ed: I’m Dying From ALS and Here’s My Message: No More Half Measures. Only Medicare for All

ByKyle W. Bell

Editor’s Note: Ahead of a Tuesday hearing in the U.S. House Committee on Rules regarding Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s bill to establish a single-payer Medicare for All health care system in the United States, dying healthcare activist Ady Barkan released the following prepared remarks. Owing to the advanced progression of his ALS, Barkan will deliver this testimony using a…

Actor Starts Bullet Bucket Challenge to Draw Attention to Violence in America

ByKyle W. Bell

If you use Facebook, you have probably already seen dozens of friends pour buckets of ice water on their heads to raise awareness for ALS (or Lou Gehrig’s disease), a progressive neurodegenerative disease. As the ALS Association explains: Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the…