Medicare for all. That very phrase has the potential to produce several very palpable responses. Republicans are, naturally, opposed to it since it promises to circumvent the private health insurance industry’s profit motive. Many right-of-center Democrats–some of whom accept money from the same private health insurance industry–are still reticent to support it despite a 2018…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This past week California progressives, adopting the tactics of Tea Partiers, rallied for the beloved cause of single payer health care – and killed it.