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Fighting for Our Lives: The Movement for Medicare for All
Covering the campaign for single payer, its intersections with other movements and the millions of lives it will affect.


Why a National Health System Is Needed to Slow the Opioid Crisis
A system that views health care as a commodity and patients as consumers will never overcome the crisis.

With Primaries Over, Advocates Fight to Keep Single-Payer in Spotlight
Keeping the fight for health care as a human right front and center in the general election is an uphill battle.

Why the Latest Attack on Single-Payer Backfired
While the moral argument for universal health care is paramount, the economic one is vital to winning the reform.

Single-Payer Advocates in Congress Double Down With Medicare for All Caucus
Caucus members hope to help educate the public about true single-payer health care and hasten its implementation.

Sanders-Inspired Activists Push Referendum for Universal Health Care in Washington State
It won't be easy, but organizers are working to defy the odds.

How to Build a Single-Payer Health System: Lessons From Taiwan’s Turnaround
Single-payer is possible in the United States.

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Single-Payer: A Reproductive Justice Value
Everyone deserves access to adequate health care.

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Bernie Sanders Goes to Canada for Health Care Inspiration
Sanders went on a hospital tour of Canada.

Medicare for All: A Win-Win Issue for Candidates in the 2018 Midterms
Health care could transform the makeup of Congress in 2018.

Public Option vs. Medicare for All: The Coming Debate Over Health Care Justice
Only single-payer insures 100 percent of the population.