Tag: healthcare
Let’s have a wealth tax to fund Medicare for All
The total amount of tax would be $8.426 trillion. At present, the federal government spends $4.407 trillion annually. The wealth tax would be nearly twice as large.
A drug to treat a rare disease used to cost patients...
"The egregious price set by Catalyst cannot be allowed to stand. Patients in America should not be allowed to suffer or die because of the greed of a drug company."
Public Citizen’s new study debunks myths about Medicare for All
"The people power on this issue continues to intensify as Americans feel the pain of a healthcare system that is focused more on profit than it is on providing healthcare."
8 out of 10 Democrats want Medicare for All to be...
Medicare for All is a viable option that more politicians may want to be on board with if they plan to impress voters.
How to operate Medicare
If you want a good society, then figure out a way so that the good doctors and good teachers get to run their professions. In other words, the politicians don't get to do it.
Using Medicare in Mexico
Would you support an amendment to the Medicare law permitting American citizens to use Medicare benefits to pay for health care in approved medical facilities located outside the United States?
Medicare for All could save the country $5.1 trillion over ten...
"Based on 2017 U.S. healthcare expenditure figures, the cumulative savings for the first decade operating under Medicare for All would be $5.1 trillion."
Medicare for All: As healthcare costs soar, momentum grows to guarantee...
Over the summer the groups formed a partnership to fight the growing support for expanding Medicare.
Time for Medicare For All
The American public has a real choice here: expensive health care for the few or quality, affordable health care for the many. It’s time for Medicare for All.