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Paid sick leave

lundi 30 mars 2020 à 02:00

Amazon part-time warehouse employees had to fight for it, but have won paid sick leave.

Filling up beds

lundi 30 mars 2020 à 02:00

Private US medical insurance companies are slow to move patients from hospital beds to rehabilitation hospitals. This is filling up beds for people sick with Covid-19.

Possible new outbreak

lundi 30 mars 2020 à 02:00

Prematurely lifting Wuhan's measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 could lead to a new outbreak.

Campaign to distrust expertise

lundi 30 mars 2020 à 02:00

A previous generation of cruel right-wing leaders, including Reagan and Thatcher, started the campaign to distrust anyone with professional expertise.

Incentive for lay off

lundi 30 mars 2020 à 02:00

In time of epidemic, US employer-funded medical "insurance" is an incentive to lay off the employees as fast as possible.

The article recommends that the US immediately extend Tricare, the medical system for military families, to cover all Americans.