Tag: Medicare
Big Pharma and GOP allies aim to sabotage Medicare drug price...
"Patients fought hard for the reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act—and we won't let Big Pharma and its allies' fearmongering scare us."
House GOP using omnibus fight as ‘trial run’ for ploy to...
"MAGA extremists in Congress are dusting off an old conservative playbook for when they seize power," said one progressive watchdog.
Physicians slam industry push to ‘fix’—not end—Medicare privatization scheme
"The industry thinks they can save it with minor tweaks and cosmetic fixes. But we won't back down until Direct Contracting is shut down, for good," one doctor said of the Trump-era program.
Warren warns ‘corporate vultures’ are circling Medicare on Biden’s watch
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday joined physicians and dozens of her House Democratic colleagues in urging the Biden administration to immediately halt...
Sanders demands end to Medicare premium hike from Alzheimer’s drug
Building on his recent letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday wrote to a key government analyst to...
Sanders demands refunds for seniors hit by Medicare premium hike
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday demanded refunds for seniors who have been hit by the 2022 Medicare premium hike after federal health...
‘Bottom line,’ says Bernie Sanders, deal must include Medicare expansion, lower...
"Congress must finally have the courage to stand up to the greed of Big Pharma."
‘It’s not coming out’: Bernie Sanders stands firm on Medicare expansion
Sanders and other progressives have spent months defending the provisions in the $3.5 trillion, 10-year investment in climate action and social supports for lower- and middle-income families.
‘They’re going to lose,’ says Sanders as corporations mobilize against $3.5T...
"We will expand Medicare to provide dental, vision, and hearing coverage to benefit seniors, not to pad the profits of healthcare industry CEOs."
On Medicare’s 56th birthday, activists deliver 125,000+ petitions urging Congress to...
"We need Medicare for All. In fact, we needed Medicare for All yesterday."
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David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is no climate crisis’
Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.
Pentagon fails seventh straight audit amid $1 trillion military budget
Meanwhile, Congress continues to approve unprecedented increases in military spending, pushing the budget close to $1 trillion.
Protesters demand US Senate block weapons sales to Israel amid Gaza death toll exceeding...
Emblazoned with slogans like “Stop Arming Israel” and “Fund Housing, Not Genocide,” demonstrators gathered in the Hart Senate Office Building ahead of a pivotal Senate vote on Wednesday.
Senate rejects Sanders’ push to halt US arms sales as weapons fuel 44,000 deaths...
The Senate overwhelmingly voted against the measures, leaving advocates of peace and human rights questioning U.S. complicity in the alleged war crimes unfolding in Gaza.