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Healthcare

Medicare for All hearing

Progressives Revive Push for Medicare for All at House Hearing

"Congress must implement a system that prioritizes people over profits, humanity over greed, and compassion over exploitation," Rep. Cori Bush argued in support of universal healthcare legislation.

Brett Wilkins ·

Medicare for All supporters hold signs during an event on Capitol Hill

WATCH: First House Hearing on Medicare for All Since Pandemic Struck

"Americans deserve a healthcare system that guarantees health and medical services to all," said Rep. Cori Bush.

Jake Johnson ·

Charles Miller, 90, prepares the daily pills his wife will need for the week on January 4, 2020, in Sarasota, Florida. After suffering a stroke and heart attack, his wife needs approximately ten different medicines daily which need to be carefully monitored. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Will Privatization Force Traditional Medicare Out of Business?

Traditional Medicare needs to remain a robust and viable option for seniors, which means keeping profiteers out of the system.

Max Richtman ·

Medicare for All protest

House Democrats to Hold First Medicare for All Hearing Since Pandemic

"Congress must implement a system that prioritizes people over profits, humanity over greed, and compassion over exploitation," said Rep. Cori Bush.

Julia Conley ·

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March-in Opponents Are Wrong: The US Government Can Protect the Public From Unreasonably High Drug Prices

Making prescription drugs available to the public on reasonable terms, as federal statute mandates, surely must mean making them available at a reasonable price.

Peter S. Arno ·

M4A campaigners 2020

'Take the Next Step': Progressives Mark ACA Anniversary With Calls for Medicare for All

"Healthcare is a human right. And it is unimaginable that, in the wealthiest country in the world, we still don't treat it like one."

Brett Wilkins ·

CWA strikers

Bernie Sanders Backs Federally Contracted Call Center Workers on Strike

"We should not allow greedy corporations to privatize public services or profit from robbing workers of fair pay and benefits."

Jessica Corbett ·

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Twelve Years Later, Surviving Cancer, and Attacks on the Affordable Care Act

If insurance companies ever get the opportunity to pick and choose their clients, cancer survivors with a history of both chemo and radiation will surely be last on their list.

Laura Packard ·

healthcare_americans

Our For-Profit Health System Is Not Worth Defending

Even for those who have good insurance like I do, does anyone really like their plan?

Abdallah Fayyad ·

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to reporters

As Biden Continues Privatization Ploy, Sanders Vows to Reintroduce Medicare for All

"In the midst of the current set of horrors—war, oligarchy, pandemics, inflation, climate change, etc.—we must continue the fight to establish healthcare as a human right, not a privilege."

Jake Johnson ·

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