Tag: Medicare
On Medicare’s 56th birthday, activists deliver 125,000+ petitions urging Congress to...
"We need Medicare for All. In fact, we needed Medicare for All yesterday."
Schumer backs Sanders’ proposal to include dental, hearing, and vision care...
“With the current Medicare platform, those three things are just left out, like it’s no big deal,” said the Democratic leader. “But it is a big deal and we should fix it.”
Coalition calls for bold pricing reforms to save $450 billion on...
"Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and then reinvesting those savings back into the program to expand services further strengthens our path towards universal coverage for all."
Pressed by Sanders, Democrats aim to lower Medicare eligibility age in...
"In the rescue plan, we were able to take a major step forward in lowering child poverty—very important. Now I want to deal with issues facing seniors as well."
‘Seems like a good policy!’ CBO shows Medicare for All could...
"A large share of Medicare administrative costs are tied up in tasks like eligibility determination... that would no longer exist in a Medicare for All system."
Seniors rising against Trump
If retaining the support of seniors is key the Trump’s re-election, then he’s just made a wrong turn.
Alert! Social Security and Medicare are in critical danger
Trump launches attack on key programs for the elderly...
Trump just admitted on live television he will ‘terminate’ Social Security...
"We just heard it straight from Trump's own mouth: If reelected, he will destroy Social Security."
On Medicare and Medicaid’s 55th birthday, let’s expand benefits—not cut them
That includes improving Medicare and Medicaid, and expanding them to cover everyone in America.
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Global outrage after Israel seizes Gaza-bound aid ship in international waters
With activists from 10 countries aboard, including Greta Thunberg and a member of the European Parliament, Israel’s armed interception of the Madleen is being condemned as piracy and a violation of international law.
New poll shows Medicaid cuts could cost GOP senators support—even from their own base
As Republicans push a bill that could strip healthcare from millions, new polling reveals deep concern among GOP voters, including Trump supporters, about slashing Medicaid to fund tax breaks.
Trump’s nuclear orders revive a failed industry at the expense of public safety and...
Executive orders to quadruple U.S. nuclear capacity ignore cost overruns, radiation risks, and a global shift toward cheaper, safer renewables—all while gutting the agency meant to protect the public
Is Nuclear Winter a climate issue?
The ultimate environmental disasters are still siloed.
New lawsuit claims Ziploc brand products misleading, increases risk of exposure to microplastics
Made from polyethylene and polypropylene, research shows that these materials release microplastics when microwaved and frozen "making them fundamentally unfit for microwave and freezer use."