There’s a clear pattern forming in election after election: people support expanding public health insurance and lowering the cost of health care. After this past election, red state South Dakota voters passed medicaid expansion (the program red state governors have … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/14/medicare-all-could-have-prevented-more-338000-us-covid-deaths-study “Healthcare reform is long overdue in the U.S.,” said the lead author of a new study. “Americans are needlessly losing lives and money.” KENNY STANCIL June 14, 2022 Covid-19 has killed more than one million people in the United States … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/06/13/5-reasons-we-need-national-organization-energize-fight-single-payer Health care is a national crisis that requires a national solution. JUDY ALBERT, CLAIRE M. COHEN, SANDRA FOX, ED GRYSTAR, ANA MALINOW, KAY TILLOW June 13, 2022 Now is the time. There is a need for a national group of grassroots activists … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/08/medicare-advantage-profit-scam-time-end-it The simple solution to the Medicare Advantage problem is to kill off the program. It was just a Trojan horse to privatize Medicare, and its presence will make Medicare for All even harder to implement. THOM HARTMANN … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/04/time-medicare-all-us-healthcare-system-ranks-dead-last-among-rich-nations-again “There’s no question: our cruel, for-profit healthcare system is broken,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. JAKE JOHNSON August 4, 2021 The United States spends far more of its GDP on healthcare than other rich countries yet still has the … Continued
From the Juggernaut Project (https://juggernautproject.com/): We can’t let Congress pass up this chance to transform our health care system for the better. Tell the House and Senate to include a plan for strengthening and expanding Medicare in a final reconciliation package … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/31/outrageous-46-million-americans-say-they-would-not-be-able-afford-healthcare-if-they Published on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 by Common Dreams “The American model of health reform—throwing money at private insurers—cannot solve it.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer A nurse comforts a woman who was distraught seeing her husband … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/16/medicare-all-would-have-prevented-hundreds-thousands-covid-deaths-new-report Published on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 by Common Dreams “We need to be prepared for the next pandemic, and we can’t be under the current for-profit system.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer Registered nurses conduct a demonstration … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 12 million people have likely lost their employer-sponsored health insurance. The inefficiencies and problems caused by the U.S. system of tying access to health insurance … Continued
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions of Americans to lose their employer-based health insurance. Taxpayers have already paid billions of dollars for research for a vaccine, but for-profit pharma companies refuse to guarantee any vaccine will be affordable to those same taxpayers. … Continued