Disability-Rights Activists Are the Real Heroes of the Health-Care Fight Disability-Rights Activists Are the Real Heroes of the Health-Care Fight
They put their bodies on the line to save Medicaid and Obamacare.
Jul 28, 2017 / John Nichols
Jimmy Carter Calls for Single Payer Jimmy Carter Calls for Single Payer
He joins a list of prominent Democrats who are moving in the right direction. But will the rest of the party listen?
Jul 27, 2017 / John Nichols
Democrats Are Finally Waking Up Democrats Are Finally Waking Up
Two new economic agendas are moving the party in a starkly populist direction.
Jul 26, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
Want National Health Insurance? Dump the Term ‘Single Payer’—and ‘Medicare for All’ Too Want National Health Insurance? Dump the Term ‘Single Payer’—and ‘Medicare for All’ Too
“Medicare for all” is better than “single payer,” but better yet is “guaranteed lifetime coverage for all.”
Jul 13, 2017 / Trudy Lieberman
If the Media Keep Ignoring Health Care, We’ll Lose It If the Media Keep Ignoring Health Care, We’ll Lose It
The Senate is attempting to gut Obamacare under a shroud of secrecy, and the strategy is working.
Jun 20, 2017 / Jeremy Slevin
The Government Created This Zika Vaccine. Why Should Big Pharma Reap the Profits? The Government Created This Zika Vaccine. Why Should Big Pharma Reap the Profits?
Lawmakers are concerned that giving a drug company a monopoly on the promising vaccine could make it unaffordable.
Jun 20, 2017 / Richard Eskow
We Need Everyone to Fight for Our Health Care We Need Everyone to Fight for Our Health Care
The senate could vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act this month.
Jun 12, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction
Time for Democrats to Unite Around Medicare for All Time for Democrats to Unite Around Medicare for All
Progressives must drive the debate to the point that Medicare for all is seen not as impossible, but inevitable.
Jun 6, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will the Republican Health-Care Debacle Pave the Way for ‘Medicare for All’? Will the Republican Health-Care Debacle Pave the Way for ‘Medicare for All’?
Only if progressives force the debate.
May 25, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
Single-Payer ‘Medicare for All’ Is the Only Health-Care System That Makes Sense Single-Payer ‘Medicare for All’ Is the Only Health-Care System That Makes Sense
Bernie Sanders and the nurses are right: America needs a “Medicare for All” health-care system. And the change can begin in California.
Apr 27, 2017 / John Nichols