Health insurance

Ben Taub Hospital

Health Care in the US Should Be Affordable and Accessible Health Care in the US Should Be Affordable and Accessible

America’s broken health-care system extorts its patients just so they can access a basic human right.

May 9, 2019 / Beverly Gologorsky

Want to Expand Medicare? Then Answer the $5 Trillion Questions.

Want to Expand Medicare? Then Answer the $5 Trillion Questions. Want to Expand Medicare? Then Answer the $5 Trillion Questions.

If you think the fight with insurance companies is tough, just wait until single-payer advocates have to go head-to-head with doctors.

Apr 26, 2019 / Mike Konczal

AOC Smiling

In the Bronx, AOC Advocates for a ‘VA for All’ In the Bronx, AOC Advocates for a ‘VA for All’

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez breaks with Democratic Party orthodoxy and decries the privatization of the Veterans Administration.

Apr 18, 2019 / Jasper Craven

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Twisted Truth The Twisted Truth

Stories from the warped side.

Apr 16, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Teamsters Opioid Protest

Take Action Now: Fight the Opioid Epidemic Take Action Now: Fight the Opioid Epidemic

Help end the stigma, then raise awareness about addiction treatment and overdose prevention.

Apr 2, 2019 / NationAction

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The Human-Rights Agenda Underlying the 2019 Medicare for All Bill The Human-Rights Agenda Underlying the 2019 Medicare for All Bill

The main questions is not how much universal health care will cost but how we provide for basic human rights.

Mar 20, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Trump touches copy of spending bill

Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal

The only question is how long the president can get away with this con.

Mar 19, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Medicare for All protest

Medicare for All Is Not Just Good Politics—It’s Good for Business, Too Medicare for All Is Not Just Good Politics—It’s Good for Business, Too

Having health insurance tethered to employment is a terrible idea.

Mar 19, 2019 / Joe Sanberg

Richard Gottfried

Richard Gottfried’s Health-Care Crusade Is Paying Off Richard Gottfried’s Health-Care Crusade Is Paying Off

The NY State Assembly member has spent 27 years advocating for statewide health care. Now, his colleagues in Albany are finally catching up.

Mar 1, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz

ACA Rally

Why the Decision Declaring Obamacare Unconstitutional Will Be Reversed Why the Decision Declaring Obamacare Unconstitutional Will Be Reversed

The only immediate effect of Judge Reed O’Connor’s fundamentally flawed ruling will be to underscore Republicans’ political weakness.

Dec 18, 2018 / David Cole

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