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We Already Have Single-Payer for Seniors. We Just Need to Expand It.
Medicare became law in a turbulent moment much like the present. If we act now, Medicare for All can be passed.
An Unhappy Birthday for Medicare and Medicaid
As the iconic health programs turn 53, the GOP is advancing plans to privatize one and gut the other.
Trump’s Angry Tweets and Secret Deals Will Not Lower Drug Prices
A secret deal to delay price hikes is not the same as lowering prices. But Trump and the GOP won't consider regulation.
With Tax Scam Complete, GOP Caucus Unveils Budget Blueprint to Attack Safety Net
In this plan, programs like Social Security and Medicare are gutted while tax cuts are permanent.
Congress Urged to Cut Medicare Payments to Many Stand-Alone Emergency Rooms
The proposal would reduce Medicare payment rates by 30 percent.
Democratic Think Tank Pushes Proposal Designed to Prevent Medicare for All
CAP is trying to co-opt the language of Medicare for All.
Home Care Agencies Often Deny Medicare Help to the Chronically Ill
Medicare does cover home care services for patients who qualify.
Fifty-One GOP Senators Just Voted to Cut $1.5 Trillion From Medicare and Medicaid to Give Super-Rich and Corporations a Tax Cut
The Republican budget, declared Sen. Sanders after its passage, “is not a bad bill. It's a horrific bill.”
Senator Sanders, We Cannot Begin Medicare for All From a Position of Compromise
The momentum is on the side of the movement for National Improved Medicare for All.
William Rivers Pitt | The GOP Wrecking Machine Takes Aim at the Debt Ceiling, Again
The song, as Led Zeppelin says, remains the same.