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'Cruelty Is the Point': Trump Takes Aim at Medicaid With Plan That Could Harm Millions

'He Gave Away the Game': Doctors Condemn Trump Threat to Slash Medicare Funding

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"We've long suspected he would try to gut Medicare in a second term."

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'Hobnobbing With Billionaires in Davos,' Trump Admits—If Reelected—He Would Cut Social Security, Medicaid, & Medicare

Jon Queally, staff writer

US President Donald Trump looks back as a question from the press is shouted after a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2020. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

"It'll be toward the end of the year," Trump said from Davos, Switzerland. "And...

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'Just Absurd': Flood of Ridicule as Trump Readies Executive Order to Stop 'Socialist Destruction' of Government-Run Medicare

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Not only did Trump's own budget make deep cuts to Medicare, but can someone...

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'Hell No,' Say Progressives, After GOP Sen. Joni Ernst Suggests Cutting Social Security 'Behind Closed Doors'

After Handing Rich $1.5 Trillion Tax Cut, Trump Reportedly Considering Slashing Medicare and Social Security as 'Second-Term Project'

NNU M4A demonstration

Urging Congress to Support Medicare for All, Groups Declare Universal Healthcare 'A Racial Justice Necessity'

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'Rising Enthusiasm for Medicare for All' Has Provoked Dramatic Surge in Industry-Backed Lobbying: Report

At AMA's Annual Meeting, Doctors and Nurses Demand Powerful Lobbying Group 'Get Out of the Way' In Fight for Medicare for All

Just After Sanders Revealed Fox Viewers' Approval of Medicare for All, Trump's Medicare Chief 'Smears' Program on Network

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spoke with "60 Minutes" in an interview that aired Sunday.

Pelosi: AOC Wing of Party Is 'Like Five People,' Dems Need to 'Hold the Center'

Major Nurses Union Calls Medicare X Plan 'Sub-Par and Wholly Inadequate to Address the Healthcare Crisis'

Industry Front Group Called Out for Spreading 'Bald-Faced Lies' About Medicare for All Costs

With Trillions in Safety Net Cuts, Bernie Sanders Says Trump Budget 'Breathtaking in Its Degree of Cruelty'

There Are 106 Democratic Co-Sponsors for Medicare for All. What's Up With the Other 130?

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Jayapal's Medicare for All Bill 'Sets a New Standard' for Guaranteeing Healthcare as a Human Right: Analysis

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Americans for Tax Fairness

The Art of the Scam: Trump Threatens Cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid to Pay for More Tax Cuts for the Rich

The Main Street Alliance

Trump's New Health Care Executive Order Distracts From Real Health Care Issues for Small Business...

National Nurses United

Statement From National Nurses United President Zenei Cortez, RN: Sens. Kaine and Bennet’s New "Medicare X" Bill Fails to Solve Underlying Problems in Our Health Care System...

Social Security Works

Trump Once Again Proposes to Cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid

Americans for Tax Fairness

776 National and State Groups Sign Letter Opposing Round 2 of Trump-GOP Tax Cuts

Social Security Works

Rick Scott is the Real Enemy of Medicare and Social Security

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Ralph Nader

Wake Up AARP! A Message to Seniors: Medicare "Disadvantage" Is a Corporate Trap

Donna Smith

Post-Debate Musings: Bernie’s Heart and His Courage Just Fine with Me

Gerald Friedman

How the US Could Afford 'Medicare for All'

Diane Archer

Watch Out, Seniors! Trump Just Launched a Stealth Attack on Medicare

Tim Butterworth

'Socialism' Made America Great

Jim Hightower

Here's the Real Deal on 'Medicare for All'

Jim Naureckas

NYT Steers Dems Away From the Obvious Formula for Defeating Trump

Doug Lasdon

The "Blame the Poor" Playbook—Used by Republicans and Democrats Alike—Is Back With a Vengeance

Nancy Altman, Alex Lawson

Dear Politicians: Lower Drug Prices Now

Nancy J. Altman

It’s Medicare’s Birthday—Let’s Offer It to Everyone