How Medicare Advantage Could Kill Medicare How Medicare Advantage Could Kill Medicare
Once corporations privatize every inch of the public provision of health care, we may never get Medicare back.
May 17, 2023 / Ady Barkan
The Blind Spot in Medicare for All The Blind Spot in Medicare for All
If we adopt a single-payer structure without remaking the bureaucracy, we will perpetuate the perversity at the core of our medical system.
May 12, 2022 / Eric Reinhart
Medicare for All Is Not Enough Medicare for All Is Not Enough
Communities, not corporations, should own our most vital health care assets.
Mar 31, 2022 / David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Adam Gaffney, Don McCanne, and John Geyman
The Plan to Save Californians $117 Billion a Year by Switching to Single-Payer The Plan to Save Californians $117 Billion a Year by Switching to Single-Payer
Why is universal health care seen as prohibitively expensive when the status quo costs far more?
Feb 25, 2022 / Michael Lighty
Covid-19 Is a Wake-Up Call for American Health Care Covid-19 Is a Wake-Up Call for American Health Care
The pandemic showed how broken the system has always been. President Biden needs to make fixing it a top priority.
Jul 5, 2021 / Wendell Potter and Joe Sanberg
The Essential Pandemic Relief Bill Is Medicare for All The Essential Pandemic Relief Bill Is Medicare for All
Covid-19 further revealed that a for-profit health care system doesn’t work. A coalition of House Democrats has reintroduced the bill that secures health care as a human right.
Mar 18, 2021 / John Nichols
When Medicare Helped Kill Jim Crow When Medicare Helped Kill Jim Crow
By making health care broadly available, the government helps ensure our freedom.
Jan 19, 2021 / Mike Konczal
Letters From the July 13/20, 2020, Issue Letters From the July 13/20, 2020, Issue
A gamble worth taking… Protect old Joe?… A terrible precedent…
Jun 30, 2020 / Our Readers
When Losing Your Job Means Losing Your Psychiatric Medication When Losing Your Job Means Losing Your Psychiatric Medication
The Covid-19 slump is creating a mental health crisis in America.
May 28, 2020 / Ella Fassler
Covid-19 Isn’t the Only American Health Epidemic Covid-19 Isn’t the Only American Health Epidemic
When Andra Day’s “Rise Up” plays on the hospital loudspeakers, my spirits lift for a moment. But then I remember.
May 21, 2020 / Augie Lindmark