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“Health Care Is a Human Right”: Sanders Reintroduces Medicare for All
Universal health care could have prevented over 338,000 COVID deaths, research has found.
Sanders Reintroduces Proposal to Slash Medicare Drug Prices in Half
“There is no rational reason, other than greed, for Medicare to pay twice as much” for drugs, Sanders said.
Fearing Backlash, Republicans Backpedal on Social Security and Medicare Cuts
Trump is opportunistically exploiting rifts within the GOP over the prospect of cutting Social Security and Medicare.
NYC Retirees Fight Their Own Unions to Stop Catastrophic Health Care Cuts
NYC is forcing 250,000 retirees onto for-profit Medicare plans, and their unions are letting it happen.
Biden Proposes Tax Hike on the Rich to Strengthen Medicare
The plan comes as Republicans attempt to exploit a debt ceiling standoff to secure long-sought cuts to federal programs.
Republicans Are Working on Making 70 the New Social Security Retirement Age
Republicans claim they don’t want to cut Social Security — but they’re working behind the scenes to do just that.
Growing Medicare Privatization Is Boosting Big Insurance Profits, Report Shows
Seven for-profit companies saw their combined revenues from taxpayer-backed programs soar by 500 percent since 2012.
Supreme Court Takes Up Case That Could Kill Consumer Finance Protection Agency
The case could threaten not only the existence of the CFPB, but also programs like Medicare.
Following Intense Scrutiny, Regulators Overhaul Inspections of Hospice Providers
The new rules, effective immediately, include directives for inspectors to evaluate the abuse and neglect of patients.
Report: Credit Scores Are Lower in the South, and Medical Debt Could Be to Blame
A new analysis finds a link between areas with low average credit scores and high amounts of medical debt.