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Single-payer health care
Single-payer health care news and analysis from The Nation
March 26, 2020
Zenei Cortez, a nurse and union leader, says not giving medical workers protective gear is like giving a firefighter a squirt gun.
March 13, 2020
We can’t address a pandemic without eliminating economic hurdles to public health.
March 11, 2020
Voters favor a government plan instead of private insurance—and a lot of them want to overhaul the economic system. But Biden keeps winning.
February 20, 2020
It’s miles ahead of the American system. But its prescription drug coverage is far from perfect.
February 7, 2020
Our health care outcomes are worse than any developed country, and it doesn’t have to be this way.
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February 6, 2020
Calls for single-payer are coming from outside the American Medical Association—and show that doctors are not a single class of workers with a unified political view.
December 19, 2019
The Republican playbook to undermine universal health care begins with their rhetorical attacks on the Department of Veterans Affairs.
November 20, 2019
Elizabeth or Bernie? It’s a difficult and wonderful choice to have.
October 7, 2019
Some Democratic candidates are pushing it as a free-choice version of Medicare for All. That’s good rhetoric but bad policy.
August 7, 2019
Some days, arguing with your representative over the phone is the only human connection you have.
