Medicare

A sign supporting Medicare at the US Capitol

We Need to Fight to Protect Medicare We Need to Fight to Protect Medicare

Some powerful people want to gut the fifty-year-old program.

Aug 10, 2015 / no-paywall / NationAction

July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law

July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law

Was it really a “sweeping new departure in American social legislation”?

Jul 30, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas

Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas

Twenty-one states have refused to expand Medicaid, leaving millions of sick Americans without decent healthcare.

Jun 2, 2015 / Feature / Kai Wright

The Proof That Centrism is Dead infographic

The Proof That Centrism is Dead The Proof That Centrism is Dead

Every story that centrists told about the recession turned out to be wrong.

May 20, 2015 / Editorial / Mike Konczal

Let’s Just Get Rid of the Hyde Amendment

Let’s Just Get Rid of the Hyde Amendment Let’s Just Get Rid of the Hyde Amendment

The 1970s-era legislation has been haunting politics and restricting abortion access for far too long.

Mar 25, 2015 / Blog / George Zornick

Bernie Sanders’s Bold Economic Agenda Seeks to Transform Politics

Bernie Sanders’s Bold Economic Agenda Seeks to Transform Politics Bernie Sanders’s Bold Economic Agenda Seeks to Transform Politics

The senator has a twelve-point plan for getting the debate, and perhaps the movement, started.

Dec 3, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols

Putting ‘Medicare for All’ on the Agenda

Putting ‘Medicare for All’ on the Agenda Putting ‘Medicare for All’ on the Agenda

Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Don Berwick is making an issue of single-payer healthcare reform.

Sep 5, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols

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