News | Politics & Elections Industry Lobbyists Worry as Sanders Takes Over Powerful Senate Health Panel Health care industry lobbyists are particularly concerned about how Sanders will wield the committee's subpoena power. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams January 4, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Sanders Vows to Vote Against $858B Defense Bill, Calls for Medicare for All “We have got to start protecting the needs of working families,” Sanders emphasized. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout December 12, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Sanders Seeks Role as Senate Health Chair With “Focus on Universal Health Care” As chair of the HELP committee, he would focus on Medicare for All, workers’ rights and affordable higher education. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout November 18, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Conservative Policies Are Associated with Early Death, Study Finds The researchers found, if left-leaning policies were implemented nationwide, they may have saved 171,030 lives in 2019. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout October 27, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Critics Say Insurance Companies Deny Medical Claims to Make Billions in Profit Sen. Bernie Sanders, patients and advocates are calling out insurers as analysts forecast premiums to spike. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout October 20, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health From COVID to Monkeypox, Our Health System Failed. We Need Medicare for All. Medicare for All would go a long way in correcting the racial disparities we are seeing in monkeypox treatment. By Chris Cai , Truthout September 29, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Sanders Calls State of US Health Care an “International Embarrassment” “Sickness should not be a cause of financial ruin,” Sanders said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout September 14, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Poll Shows 8 in 10 Americans Say They Are Concerned About Access to Health Care A new survey shows roughly two-thirds of adults think it is the federal government's responsibility to ensure coverage. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams September 12, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Value-Based Payment Is the New For-Profit Health Care Industry Financed by powerful corporations and private equity firms, value-based payment threatens to take over health care. By Kip Sullivan , Kay Tillow , Ana Malinow , Truthout September 8, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Dr. Oz, Trailing Fetterman, Derides His Support for Medicare for All Progressives push back on the former television personality's condemnation of single-payer health care. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams August 16, 2022 Truthout