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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.
The Takeover of US Health Care by Big Money
We are being led by politicians beholden to bigmoney serving the greed of today's medical-industrial complex.
The Hole in the Safety Net Widens: Trump’s Plan to Dismantle Obamacare
Can progressives use backlash against Trump's regressive health policies to accelerate the fight for Medicare for All?
Would Single-Payer National Health Insurance Break the Bank?
We have to face some inconvenient facts about our health care system, six years after enactment of the Affordable Care Act.
The TPP and the Dire Threat to Affordable Drug Prices
Drug prices in the US are already approaching a crisis point for many patients unable to afford their prices, often despite being insured.
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Happy 50th Birthday, Medicare! Next Steps in the Fight for Universal Health Care
We still need a single-payer health program. We have to go beyond the Affordable Care Act.
An Effective Prescription for Our Failing Health-Care System
A new book examines the ACA and shows why more fundamental reform is imperative.
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Medicare for All
With government already providing health care for a third of the population, why not make it Medicare for all? This should be a battle cry for progressives, says sociologist …
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Obamacare: The Biggest Insurance Scam in History
Health care is a human right, and it is at the center of the conflict of our times, the battle between the people and corporate interests.
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How Big Pharma Is Killing Americans
While drug companies have been largely able to get away with robbing Americans left and right for the past several decades, more and more people are speaking up about …
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Strike Debt Kicks Off Second Debt Buy-Up With March for Universal Healthcare
A coalition of groups associated with Occupy Wall Street took to the streets of midtown Manhattan on Thursday evening calling for the abolition of the for-profit healthcare system in …