Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Tag: single-payer health care

Medicare for all can reshape the ‘art of the possible’

Dollar by dollar, life by life, public health insurance must be defended and expanded until it is available to everyone.

Single payer is on the national agenda – and it’s thanks...

It’s up to grassroots movements to demand – and win – the health care system we need.

It’s now time for Medicare for all

Democrats are wise to seize the moment. The time has come for Medicare for all.

Democratic senators join up to embrace single-payer by co-sponsoring Sanders’ “Medicare...

This new surge of Democratic support for single-payer health care may just be the beginning.

Medicare for all is coming, no matter what they say

“Now it’s time for the next step. And the next step is single-payer.”

The Senate GOP health care bill is lethal for the poor...

The fight against the Senate’s deadly health care bill must also include the demand for a single-payer system.The fight against the Senate’s deadly health care bill must also include the demand for a single-payer system.

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New study finds CT scans to account for 5 percent of cancer diagnoses

While some experts caution against CT scans, many believe the modeling used in this study left much uncertainty.
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White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.
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She Left After Waiting Hours in the Emergency Room. The ER Billed Her Anyway.

A patient in Illinois was billed after leaving an emergency room without being treated, in KFF Health News' Bill of the Month series.
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Tennessee lawmakers demand answers after report that private youth prisons hid abuse

One company runs all three of the state's highest-security youth prisons, and Tennessee plans to spend more than $400 million on additional facilities.
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Pennsylvania measles outbreak reaches 890 cases with four deaths

Fewer than 1 percent of cases are among vaccinated people, and MMR doses given in the state ran well above a typical month in August and September.