Tag: Medicare For All
Gaza surgeon wins New Jersey House primary on healthcare not bombs...
Dr. Adam Hamawy, a retired Army combat surgeon who treated patients in Gaza during Israel’s assault on the enclave, won New Jersey’s Democratic primary in a deep-blue congressional district after running on a platform centered on healthcare, economic reform, immigration policy, and opposition to U.S. support for the war in Gaza.
Americans skipping meals and delaying life decisions as healthcare costs strain...
New Gallup surveys show tens of millions of Americans cutting back on food, utilities, and daily necessities to pay medical bills while healthcare affordability worsens.
Trump’s ‘power to the people’ healthcare pitch masks a plan that...
Trump’s push to redirect federal healthcare dollars into individual cash payments while ending Medicaid and ACA subsidies is drawing warnings of a deepening national crisis and renewed calls for universal, publicly financed coverage.
As Americans ration care, health insurers rake in record $71.3 billion...
Despite rising out-of-pocket costs and millions losing coverage, U.S. health insurance giants posted record profits in 2024 while their CEOs took home a combined $146 million.
Majority of Democrats want party leaders replaced as DNC turmoil deepens
New polling reveals growing discontent with Democratic leadership as base pushes for stronger opposition to Trump and support for progressive policies.
Sanders pushes for Medicare expansion as GOP leader signals willingness to...
Sanders’ push to expand Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing benefits was blocked by Senate Republicans, but Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo signaled a willingness to discuss potential solutions.
Bernie Sanders condemns CEO killing, calls US health care system ‘broken...
The killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has reignited calls for Medicare for All, highlighting public outrage at the U.S. health care system’s inequities and inefficiencies.
Jayapal and Sanders seize on Musk’s critique of US healthcare costs...
Progressive lawmakers urge Elon Musk to address healthcare inefficiencies, highlighting Medicare for All as the solution to rising costs and inequality.
Latest CDC data exposes U.S. healthcare’s fatal flaw: Profit over patients
As new CDC data lays bare, the U.S. grapples with a healthcare paradox: towering costs yet shorter lifespans. Explore how America's for-profit model is failing its people, spotlighting the urgent plea for Medicare for All.
Sanders, Jayapal, Dingell more than 120 colleagues in House and Senate...
"The American people understand, as I do, that health care is a human right, not a privilege."
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EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue
The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs
A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike
A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage
Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run
DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.