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Healers as Fighters: Union Convention Celebrates Power of Organized Nurses In Trump Era

New Poll Shows Nearly Half of Americans and 2/3 of Democrats Back Single Payer

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

As Senate Republicans launch a last-ditch attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Democrats flock to Sen. Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All bill, new polling reveals nearly half of the country wants a national single-payer healthcare plan.

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Bolstering Single-Payer Case, Report Shows How For-Profit Insurers Fuel Opioid Crisis

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"In case you didn't know, the opioid epidemic is fueled in part by systemic...

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Trump Called Single Payer a 'Curse.' Sanders Delivered the Perfect Response

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Just a day after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the Medicare for All...

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"Anthem sent Congress a ransom note" demanding more taxpayer subsidies following the GOP's failed attempt to strip healthcare from millions of Americans—an attempt Anthem endorsed.

Sen. Warren Rips Anthem for Sending 'Bigger Tax Cuts or Else' Ransom Note

Dems Not Backing Medicare for All Get Twice the Industry Cash as Co-Sponsors

Supporters of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hold signs during an event on health care September 13, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

'Everyone Covered, No One Goes Broke': Sanders Introduces Medicare for All Bill

"When an idea catches fire, when people see the justice of that idea, it moves very, very quickly," Sanders wrote.

Watch Live: Sanders Introduces 2017 Medicare for All Act

Now There Are 16 Democrats Receiving Thanks and Applause for Co-Sponsoring Medicare for All

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

'Groundbreaking': Democratic Co-Sponsors Rush Aboard Bernie's Medicare for All Train

The Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act over the summer energized the pro-Medicare for All movement.

39 Senate Democrats (and Angus King) Are Still Not Backing Medicare For All

In 2009, He Had People Arrested for Demanding Single Payer. Now He Backs It

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) appeared on CNN

Asked Again About 2020, Sanders Denounces Media Obsession with "Never-Ending Campaigns"

Michael Moore predicted a Trump win in 2016, and is warning that despite low approval ratings, the president could win a second term in 2020.

Warning Against Complacency, Michael Moore Says Trump Could Win Again in 2020

"We need jobs, justice, and peace. We need political justice and economic justice," said Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.).

As Trump Raged in Phoenix, Sanders and Conyers Offered Vision for a Better Nation

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (D-VT) shakes hands with United Steelworkers President, Local 1999, Chuck Jones, after having breakfast at Peppy Grill on May 3, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

'He's Not Slowing Down': Sanders to Rip Trump, Push Single Payer on Midwest Tour

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Physicians for a National Health Program

Health Researchers: Graham-Cassidy Bill Would Increase Deaths By 41,600 Annually

National Nurses United

Nurses Condemn Latest Bill to Decimate Care ‘Graham-Cassidy Targets the Most Vulnerable in Our Society’

Green Party of the US

Green Party To Congress: Pass The Sanders Bill and HR 676, Enact Single-Payer Now

Physicians for a National Health Program

Doctors’ Group Welcomes Sen. Sanders’ Medicare-For-All Bill

Credo Action

Medicare for all statement: Senate Democrats Are Catching Up To Grassroots Activists

American Sustainable Business Council

ASBC Statement on Senator Sanders’ Medicare for All Proposal

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Charles P. Pierce

Bernie Sanders Just Gave His Best Speech in 2 Years

Bonnie Castillo

Until Elected Officials Champion Medicare for All, They Can Expect Nurses at Their Offices — and in Their Seats

Adam Johnson

There Are 3 Types of Single-Payer 'Concern Trolls' — and They All Want to Undermine Universal Healthcare.

Kenneth Peres

The Republican War Against Government Supported Health Care

Julie Chinitz

New Health Repeal Shows GOP’s Reckless Disregard for Our Lives

Matt Taibbi

Single-Payer Movement Shows: Life After Trump May Not Suck

Danielle Martin

Canadian Doctor to U.S.: Try Single-Payer Health Care Instead Of Trashing It

Paul Buchheit

The 3 Americans Who Should Pay for Medicare-for-All

John Atcheson

This Is How Change Happens

Greg Coleridge

With Democracy So Sick, Medicare for All Will Be Uphill Battle

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