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Medicare For All
To Be Sick and Not Rich Is the Nightmare of Medical Care in the US
Unless something changes big time, insurance companies will continue to sell us their services at ever-higher prices.
Nurses Tell Big Pharma, “Put Patients Over Profits”
Nurses have long been at the forefront of the fight for health care justice.
Interning for a Centrist Democrat Pushed Me to Democratic Socialism
I saw how establishment Democratic ideology is painfully corrupt and at odds with progressive voter aspirations.
Even Working People With Health Coverage Cannot Afford Care
Four in 10 workers with employer coverage have trouble paying unexpected medical bills or covering out-of-pocket costs.
American Health Care Horror Stories: An Incomplete Inventory
Universal health care would make these tragedies and absurdities unthinkable.
Only One Single-Payer Supporter to Testify at Medicare for All Hearing
Progressives worry that what is supposed to be a substantive discussion of Medicare for All could end up a “farce.”
As Single-Payer Gains Traction, Industry Launches Attack Ads
The insurance and drug lobbies are attacking Medicare for All and pushing to keep the massively profitable ACA.
“Medicare-X” Wouldn’t Expand Access to Reproductive Health Care
This public option wouldn’t address reproductive health care beyond requiring essential health benefits be covered.
Medicare for 64-Year-Olds Is a Step Toward Medicare for All
Lowering the Medicare age to 64 is a big first step.
Want to Combat the Opioid Crisis? Pass Single-Payer Health Care.
A for-profit health care system that has generated billions for Big Pharma won't combat the opioid crisis.