Sunday, January 12, 2025

Tag: Medicare For All

Let’s have a wealth tax to fund Medicare for All

The total amount of tax would be $8.426 trillion. At present, the federal government spends $4.407 trillion annually. The wealth tax would be nearly twice as large.

A drug to treat a rare disease used to cost patients...

"The egregious price set by Catalyst cannot be allowed to stand. Patients in America should not be allowed to suffer or die because of the greed of a drug company."

Public Citizen’s new study debunks myths about Medicare for All

"The people power on this issue continues to intensify as Americans feel the pain of a healthcare system that is focused more on profit than it is on providing healthcare."

The right-wing attack on Medicare for All

The campaign of lies continues.

The billionaires are wrong; we can’t afford anything but single payer...

The ACA did not solve our healthcare crisis. We need National Improved Medicare for All.

8 out of 10 Democrats want Medicare for All to be...

Medicare for All is a viable option that more politicians may want to be on board with if they plan to impress voters.

How to operate Medicare

If you want a good society, then figure out a way so that the good doctors and good teachers get to run their professions. In other words, the politicians don't get to do it.

Demand transparency in Medicare for All

There is too much at stake. People will not let the Democrats send the movement off course again.

Medicare for all Americans – everywhere

Basically, Medicare is geographically limited. But what’s the point of this exclusionary rule?

Ralph Nader on single payer, climate devastation, impeachment & why Mulvaney...

"Full Medicare for all is now supported by a majority of the American people, a modest majority of doctors, even bigger majority of nurses. What are we waiting for here? It’s much more efficient, as well."

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