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Sen. Chuck Schumer speaks in Brooklyn.

Schumer Backs Sanders' Proposal to Include Dental, Hearing, and Vision Care in Medicare

"With the current Medicare platform, those three things are just left out, like it's no big deal," said the Democratic leader. "But it is a big deal and we should fix it."

Julia Conley ·

M4A campaigners 2020

After SCOTUS Upholds ACA, Progressives Set Sights on Medicare for All

Now, said campaigner Michael Lighty, "we can instead go to a system that will actually guarantee healthcare to everybody, which the ACA does not do and cannot do."

Jessica Corbett ·

Schumer and Pelosi

Unions Demand Pelosi and Schumer Include Lower Medicare Age, Drug Pricing Reform in Infrastructure Plan

"Now is the time for action to lower drug prices and improve access to care for millions."

Brett Wilkins ·

Medicare For All supporters demonstrate outside of the Charleston Gaillard Center ahead of the Democratic presidential debate on February 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo: Drew Angerer via Getty Images)

Ro Khanna Introduces Bill Allowing States to Carve Path Toward Medicare for All

Single-payer systems at the state-level, said one advocate of the new bill, would "demonstrate just how much better they are than our fragmented for-profit healthcare system."

Kenny Stancil ·

Lower drug prices

As Dems Push Medicare Expansion, Survey Shows Most Americans Support Drug Price Negotiations

"The time has come to finally enable Medicare negotiation. Americans are becoming increasing restless for it to happen even if the pharmaceutical companies are not."

Brett Wilkins ·

Healthcare for the 99% and Medicare for All.

Let's Go All Out for Universal Health Care in the US

We should continue to vigorously advocate for a universal publicly funded privately delivered health care system at every level throughout America—state as well as national.

Philip Caper ·

Single-payer healthcare advocates march in a Medicare for All rally in Los Angeles on February 4, 2017. (Photo: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Medicare for None: A Response to the State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2021

Proponents of a state-based universal healthcare approach believe states can be incubators for change, and that ultimately, once one state shows the way, all states will follow—but we have yet to see any evidence of this.

Ana Malinow ·

Participants holding protest signs at the rally. People living with diabetes, activists, faith leaders, and health care advocates rallied in front of the New York Stock Exchange to commemorate World Diabetes Day 2019, as part of a National Day of Action called by the Lower Drug Prices Now Campaign. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

It's Time to Break Big Pharma's Grip on Healthcare and Empower Medicare to Negotiate Cheaper Drug Prices

The Lower Drug Costs Now Act would be long-overdue step towards making prescription medicines more affordable for all Americans.

Margarida Jorge ·

Led by Jayapal, Broad Coalition of 156 House Dems Demands Medicare Expansion in Infrastructure Bill

"Lowering the eligibility age, improving benefits, and allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices will change lives and save people money."

Jake Johnson ·

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural speech after being sworn-in at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jonathan Ernst-Pool via Getty Images)

Democrats 'Must Be Trying to Lose': Progressives Fume After Report Says Biden Budget Excludes Key Promises

"If the aim is to avoid a midterm massacre, why would you do this?" asked one political critic.

Kenny Stancil ·

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