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5 things the U.S. could learn from Nambia's increasingly self-sufficient health care system

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Trump backs individual health insurance mandate—but only for foreigners

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House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., announces that he is abruptly pulling the troubled Republican health care overhaul bill off the House floor, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 24, 2017. Just a few months ago, Republicans were cheering their good fortune, an all-Republican monopoly in Washington and the opportunity to push a conservative agenda to remake the federal government. After the health care vote, it’s clear winning can’t overcome the deep divisions in their ranks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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The GOP is apparently not done failing at health care

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The new 'Power Rangers' movie features a rare depiction of people of color living with autism

FILE - This Dec. 10, 2016, file photo, provided by the North Dakota Department of Health shows an oil spill from the Belle Fourche Pipeline that was discovered Dec. 5, 2016 in Ash Coulee Creek, a tributary of the Little Missouri River, near Belfield, N.D. Authorities say the pipeline spill is now believed to be three times larger than first estimated, and one of the biggest in state history. (Scott Stockdill/North Dakota Department of Health via AP, File)

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A North Dakota oil spill turns out to have been much, much worse than we thought

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Bernie Sanders just showed Donald Trump how to keep a promise on health care

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Watch John Lewis tear into the GOP's horrible health care bill as only he can

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Donald Trump was too busy honking a horn to care about his health care bill collapsing

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Health care is a grueling maze. When you're overcome with suicidal thoughts, it's impossible.

People protest outside the NYC Federal Building which contains Medicaid offices on March 21, 2017 against the congressional Republicans' plan to remake Medicaid. (Photo by Erik McGregor) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***(Sipa via AP Images)

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Republicans' frantic effort to pass health care means your doctor visits or prescriptions may not be covered

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Kids in these California communities are testing three times the level of lead poisoning as Flint

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Her spine is so curved she can barely stand. What will happen if she loses Medicaid?

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When bad asthma and no insurance means committing a felony so you can breathe

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Drowning in debt to stave off the mental illness that destroyed her mother

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White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney just told one of the biggest lies ever about universal health care

Inmate Ahmed, center, and other women chant along during a rally at Washington Square Park, part of International Women's Day Strike NYC, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in New York. The group is a coalition of dozens of grassroots groups and labor organizations. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Trump picks anti-LGBTQ hate group leader and abstinence advocate to represent U.S. at global meeting on women’s issues

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 15: Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, holding a "Make America Great Again" hat, speaks with reporters as he leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. The Trump hats were given out to the House GOP caucus at the meeting. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

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A Texas Republican lawmaker just told his town hall constituents: ‘You don’t know how to listen’

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, SEPT. 24-25 - In this Aug. 3, 2016 photo, Scott Brasier, assistant part-time cook at the Ageless Senior Center, prepares lunches for Meals on Wheels at the Ageless Senior Center in Kimberly, Idaho. Hunger is a growing problem among south-central Idaho’s seniors as their population increases and prescription drug costs rise. (Pat Sutphin/The Times-News via AP)

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Trump’s attempt to defund Meals on Wheels and other programs for the poor backfires spectacularly

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017, after Congress' nonpartisan budget analysts reported that 14 million people would lose coverage next year under the House bill dismantling former President Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Our new Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price already sounds as anti-vax as we feared

FILE - In this Thursday, March 2, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up after speaking to Navy and shipyard personnel aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. The ship, which is still under construction, is due to be delivered to the Navy later in the year. The area around the Virginia shipyard where Trump visited is just the kind of place that would likely feel the greatest economic impact from his requested $54 billion increase in defense spending. But outside of that kind of local impact near the shipyards or jet factories receiving additional money, experts say the increased defense spending wouldn't make much difference overall. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Trump's budget is great news if you sell fighter jets and bad news if you're hungry or poor

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Infrastructure report card gives drinking water a 'D'—and that's not for 'drinkable'

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The Naked Truth

Trumpcare could be a disaster for poor women who want to get pregnant

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., talks to media before entering a classified members-only briefing on Syria by senior administration officials on Capitol Hill, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, in Washington. Sunday the Obama administration confidently predicted congressional backing for limited action in Syria. Further classified meetings are scheduled in upcoming days. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Esta congresista latina anunció su oposición al 'Trumpcare'

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., talks to media before entering a classified members-only briefing on Syria by senior administration officials on Capitol Hill, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, in Washington. Sunday the Obama administration confidently predicted congressional backing for limited action in Syria. Further classified meetings are scheduled in upcoming days. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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This Latinx Republican just came out strongly against Trumpcare

A secret service agent stands on the stage prior to a scheduled news conference by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Tuesday, March 8, 2016, in Jupiter, Fla. At left is a display of Trump branded wine, water and steaks. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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We finally know the one thing Donald Trump doesn't want his name on

Hospital volunteer Gertie Rogers, 84, places a newborn baby back into a bed in the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital in Chicago on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Rogers was one of about 20 people who attended an orientation for volunteers who cuddle babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. Research shows that cuddling helps calm the babies, many who are born prematurely or who have serious health issues, and aids in their early development. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

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We just got our first glimpse of how catastrophic Trumpcare would be for the most powerless Americans

FILE - In this July 13, 2013 file photo, abortion rights advocates, left, protest in the State Capitol as anti-abortion rights supporters pass them in Austin, Texas. A coalition of national advocacy groups sued Texas on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, seeking to block Texas' soon-to-be-implemented rules mandating the burial or cremation of fetal remains. The lawsuit filed Monday by the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights is the latest legal battle in a state whose tough anti-abortion laws were already largely voided this summer by the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa File)

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Texas lawmaker perfectly trolls her anti-abortion colleagues with a male masturbation bill

UNITED STATES - MARCH 9: From left, Reps. Susan Brooks, R-Ind., Bill Flores, R-Texas, and Larry Bucshon, R-Ind., appear after the 24-hour mark of a House Energy and Commerce Committee markup in Rayburn Building regarding the bill to repeal and replace the the Affordable Care Act, March 9, 2017. The markup has been underway since 10:30 a.m., Wednesday. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

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The Republicans’ Obamacare repeal bill is a scheme to transfer even more wealth to the rich

UNITED STATES - MARCH 9: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., conducts a presentation in the House studio of the American Health Care Act, the GOP's plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, March 9, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

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This explainer by the person who ran Medicare and Medicaid services shows why the GOP health care plan is a disaster

A worker harvests Swiss chard inside a greenhouse at the Adams Organic farm, a unit of Adams Enterprises Ltd., in Pak Chong, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Agriculture accounts for about 8 percent of Thailands economy. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Organic farming isn't the 'holy grail' of sustainable agriculture, study finds

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 07: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) holds a news conference about the American Health Care Act outside his office in the U.S. Capitol March 7, 2017 in Washington, DC. The House Republican leadership's plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, the American Health Care Act is already facing opposition from conservatives in the House and Senate. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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The GOP wants to destroy the mental health system they say could stop gun violence

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I will tell you right now that this is not how health insurance works my man

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. uses charts and graphs to make his case for the GOP's long-awaited plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Thursday, March 9, 2017, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Paul Ryan tried to sell the GOP plan to replace Obamacare—and instantly became a meme

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Watch our documentary about the staggering rate of maternal mortality for black women

Fusion TV marked International Women’s Day this year with Death by Delivery, a searing portrait of the cost of racism in America. See what Fusion’s Nelufar Hedayat found while reporting on this systemic problem affecting black women across the country. Watch the full documentary here.

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Jason Chaffetz should never make any decisions for working class people

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This GOP congressman just made one of the grossest comments about health care you will ever hear

A Planned Parenthood supporter and opponent try to block each other's signs during a protest and counter-protest Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 in St. Louis. Rallies aimed at urging Congress and President Donald Trump to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood are scheduled across the country. (AP Photo/Jim Salter)

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The White House has made a monstrous offer to Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 01: Activists participate in a rally to support Planned Parenthood March 1, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Planned Parenthood held a 'We Are Planned Parenthood Capitol Takeover Day' to lobby legislators not to defund the organization. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Talking to Planned Parenthood about the huge steps they've taken to help trans people

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The high toll of costly water: Who will pay for America's quiet water crisis?

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You'll want to read this book about nature's psychological value somewhere with a view

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