Thursday, April 25, 2024

Tag: Medicare For All

Medicare for All fact check from hell persists as Sanders rebukes...

"The question that must be asked is why would the corporate media put their blind faith in a far right-wing economist whose past reports have been so thoroughly discredited by mainstream economists and experts?"

Short-term health plans: A junk solution to a real problem

While the cost of health care is one of the overwhelming problems in the American health care system, short-term health plans do nothing to alter the underlying causes.

Labor’s power and the Medicare For All struggle

Missouri nurse Shane Johnson makes the case for uniting our health care struggles.

Koch-funded hit piece backfires: Shows Medicare For All would save ‘whopping...

"Even if you take the report's headline figures at face value, the picture it paints is that of an enormous bargain. We get to insure every single person in the country..."

Of course, Medicare For All would increase federal spending…

But it would lower the total cost of health care.

Progressive Briefing for Friday, July 20, 2018

Progressives go big on Medicare for All, California Supreme court squashes splitting the state into two, Zinke takes a wrecking ball to the Endangered Species Act, and more.

Bernie Sanders on labor’s future and why Democratic Socialists keep winning

An exclusive interview with Sen. Sanders on how labor can respond to Janus, the fight to move the Democratic Party left, the growing popularity of democratic socialism and more.

What the Parkland teens can teach Medicare for All campaigners

Successful campaigns will feature faces of the vulnerable with whom we can identify, bold and passionate action, and a movement-building strategy of nonviolent direct action campaigning.

Candidates backing Medicare For All come out victorious in primaries

Candidates supporting Medicare For All are beating their party-backed opponents in both red and blues states.

New proposal designed to confuse public and prevent Medicare for All

Our tasks at this moment are to understand what the power holders are offering, recognize why it is a false solution and reject it.

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Global military spending hits record $2.4 trillion amidst rising conflicts

As conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza intensify, world powers led by the US ramp up military expenditures, sparking debate over global security priorities and economic consequences.

Climate change costs to hit $38 trillion annually by 2050

New study reveals stark economic disparities as global warming intensifies, disproportionately affecting the world's poorest nations.

Electric vehicles sales remain strong globally new report from IEA confirms

The IEA said that electric vehicle sales will reach 17 million in 2024, which is up from 14 million in 2023, according to its new Global EV Outlook 2024.