Many New Yorkers were expecting this year would be the one in which New York finally passed the “New York Health Act.” 30 years after being introduced, the prospect of the state realizing the possibilities of single-payer healthcare free from corporate influence has enough votes to pass. But if New Yorkers think the for-profit insurance…
Last Tuesday, former President Barack Obama gave his much-anticipated endorsement of his former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential candidacy. The endorsement was expected, of course, despite the wait Obama imposed, which seemed likely attributable to his preference to time his speech in the wake of Bernie Sanders’ own endorsement of Biden, creating a crescendo effect….
Super Tuesday might tell us which of the four remaining candidates is likely to become Donald Trump’s opponent. I’m not counting Tulsi Gabbard, given that she has yet to register a single percentage point in popular support. Call me crazy, but the last time I looked, having zero support precludes you from beating Donald Trump….
Trump goes to the healthcare well of promises when he thinks he’s losing an election. Trump is now promising a healthcare vote would come right after the 2020 election.
Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is giving a new push to his 2020 campaign today by announcing a new version of his “Medicare for All” plan. “What our system does is get rid of insurance companies and drug companies making billions of dollars in profit every single year,” Sanders told CBS News in…
GOP Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is using his power as Senate Majority Leader play political games and to pressure 2020 Democratic candidates, according to an article this morning in the Los Angeles Times. McConnell sets the agenda for the Senate, and instead of introducing legislation to solve the nations’ problems, he is planning to…
As the Women’s March comes to Washington today they will be joined by other progressive organizations who spent the day Friday lobbying lawmakers on behalf of for “Medicare for All” legislation. Members of several groups advocating for healthcare rights stormed Capitol Hill on Friday for a “lobby day” to begin an event-filled weekend as part…
Newly elected U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said Sunday that “death panels” currently exist in the United States. She said that the operation of the private health insurance market in effect condemns millions of people to sickness and death. This happens if sick people don’t have the money to pay for care, and…
Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, who will co-chair the House Progressive Caucus next year, left a meeting with Nancy Pelosi late Thursday night and immediately announced that she would support Pelosi as Speaker of the House. She also proclaimed that Progressive Caucus members would have more seats on powerful committees in the new Congress, and…
Democrats in support of single payer healthcare will push for a vote on their controversial healthcare legislation in the House of Representatives after they take control in January. However many believe that if progressives do push for single payer (also known as Medicare for All) legislation it is likely to divide Democrats in the new…
With billions of dollars at stake, powerful healthcare companies have formed a new group to fight single payer healthcare. The entrenched and highly-profitable healthcare “establishment” is clearly worried that the movement toward single payer would cut into their obscene and unconscionable profit margins that force millions of Americans into financial ruin and bankruptcy. Led by…
A large group of progressive Democrats in the House of Representatives established a new “Medicare for All” caucus on Thursday morning. This was an important step to eventually move universal healthcare legislation through Congress. With 70 Democrats joining the formal caucus this sends a message to Republicans — and to Democratic Party leaders like Nancy…
“Every major health organization in this country … thinks that their proposal is a disaster,” Sanders said, standing right next to Sens. Graham and Cassidy.
Donald Trump promised to veto Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Medicare For All bill because he loves America and refuses to let all Americans have health insurance.
“We have a Medicare system right now. It is a good system. … Let’s expand that program to every man, woman, and child. It’s not a scary proposition.”
As Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and 17 Democratic co-sponsors introduced Medicare For All, Donald Trump and Republicans are making one final push to take health care coverage away from millions of Americans.
Republicans are already launching attacks on the Democratic Senators who are supporting Bernie Sanders’ Medicare For All bill.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) announced at a town hall that she would be co-sponsoring Medicare for all legislation in the Senate because it is the right thing to do.
“We’ve got to join the rest of the world and guarantee health care to all of our people as a right.”
After Cruz expressed phony concern about insurance company profits, Sanders excitedly pounced.
Just hours before the next Democratic debate in South Carolina, Bernie Sanders has dropped a bomb by unveiling his detailed Medicare for all healthcare plan.
At an rally for single payer healthcare, Sen. Bernie Sanders called out Republican hypocrites for claiming the want to cut waste, while they continue to support the wasteful US healthcare system.