[Houston Chronicle ] COVID-19 shows need for universal health care, basic income [Opinion]

The alarming spread of the new coronavirus across the United States clarifies the need for mass adoption of progressive policies.

That people who might be infected with the new coronavirus may go without testing because of the cost of testing, while companies might profit from selling testing kits, shows the inhumane tendencies of for-profit health care. The specter of 28 million uninsured Americans unable to access care or even diagnoses becoming potential disease vectors shows that health is not something that plays out at the scale of individuals. The most marginalized among us have benefited the least from the global […]

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