Tag: Medicare For All

We can only hope that the Democrats who won a new mandate on health care in November will now find the courage to deliver on big ideas like in-state single-payer programs, and push for Medicare for All at the federal level.

How can such monumental savings be captured?

For the first time in recent memory, there is a growing clarion call for a response that goes beyond the limits imposed by our economic system.

Bernie Sanders discusses his efforts to pass a Green New Deal, raise the minimum wage and protect Social Security.

"Based on 2017 U.S. healthcare expenditure figures, the cumulative savings for the first decade operating under Medicare for All would be $5.1 trillion."

Over the summer the groups formed a partnership to fight the growing support for expanding Medicare.

"As Donald Trump and Republicans have stepped up attacks on Medicare for All, their own party has embraced the policy."

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday offered a scathing and far-reaching rebuke to Trump's brand of politics by tackling head-on the threat posed by the president's penchant for authoritarianism and his consistent stoking of social divisions.

Bernie slams Trump’s Op-Ed and calls him a liar, Republican official caught purging tens of thousands of black voters, Monsanto seeks to undo $289M Roundup verdict, and more.

"The lesson is, if you live in America and get charged an outrageous medical bill, you better hope you can find a journalist to write about it."