Bernie Sanders Spoke Today About His Heart Attack—and His Purpose Bernie Sanders Spoke Today About His Heart Attack—and His Purpose
In poignant and powerful language, the senator is making the connection between his recent hospitalization and the fight for Medicare for All.
Oct 10, 2019 / John Nichols
The ‘Public Option’ on Health Care Is a Poison Pill The ‘Public Option’ on Health Care Is a Poison Pill
Some Democratic candidates are pushing it as a free-choice version of Medicare for All. That’s good rhetoric but bad policy.
Oct 7, 2019 / Feature / David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler
Child Abuse as Official Government Policy Child Abuse as Official Government Policy
That, plus Supreme Court clearance for a white-nationalist asylum policy, and GOP dirty tricks in North Carolina—all in a week’s work for the Trumpists.
Sep 13, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
Ady Barkan Refuses to Stop Fighting for Health Care for All Ady Barkan Refuses to Stop Fighting for Health Care for All
The progressive activist, a leader in the movement to win Medicare for All, launches a new series of interviews on health care with presidential candidates.
Aug 30, 2019 / Winnie Wong
Utah Is Spending Extra on Health Care So More People Can Suffer Utah Is Spending Extra on Health Care So More People Can Suffer
Utah voters approved Medicaid expansion. Why hasn’t it been implemented?
Aug 21, 2019 / David M. Perry
There Is No ‘Nursing Shortage.’ There’s Just a Good Nursing Job Shortage. There Is No ‘Nursing Shortage.’ There’s Just a Good Nursing Job Shortage.
The solution lies in radically rethinking how we provide health care.
Aug 7, 2019 / Michelle Chen
How Medicare for All Would Stop Hospitals Like Hahnemann From Closing How Medicare for All Would Stop Hospitals Like Hahnemann From Closing
Taking the profit motive out of health care would ensure that hospitals could provide excellent care to all who need it.
Jul 16, 2019 / Adam Gaffney
‘It’s a Terrible Existence’: The Crisis of Emergency Dialysis Care for Undocumented Immigrants ‘It’s a Terrible Existence’: The Crisis of Emergency Dialysis Care for Undocumented Immigrants
Not qualifying for regular dialysis in most states, undocumented immigrants with kidney failure are forced to live in constant agony.
Jul 8, 2019 / Eilís O’Neill
Suicide Is Becoming America’s Latest Epidemic Suicide Is Becoming America’s Latest Epidemic
Suicide rates in the US have skyrocketed as both income inequality and the percent of uninsured adults continue to grow.
Jun 18, 2019 / Rajan Menon
Medicare for All Needs a Change of Message Medicare for All Needs a Change of Message
Single payer is essential, but most voters still don’t get that.
Jun 6, 2019 / Colin McAuliffe