Medicare for All Needs a Change of Message Medicare for All Needs a Change of Message
Single payer is essential, but most voters still don’t get that.
Jun 6, 2019 / Colin McAuliffe
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
What Happened to New York’s Plans for Single-Payer Health Care? What Happened to New York’s Plans for Single-Payer Health Care?
The Albany machine is working to torpedo the New York Health Act—again.
May 2, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz
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
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
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
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
A New Report Shows the White House Is Terrified of Socialism A New Report Shows the White House Is Terrified of Socialism
The Council of Economic Advisers’ investigation into the “opportunity costs of socialism” reads like a nervous undergraduate's term paper.
Oct 23, 2018 / Kate Aronoff
Mexico’s Discount-Health-Care Problem Mexico’s Discount-Health-Care Problem
Affordable clinic–pharmacies have vastly expanded health-care access for Mexicans. They’ve also bred a dangerous attitude towards prescription drugs.
Oct 19, 2018 / Julie Morse
I’m Dying. Here Is What I Refuse to Accept With Serenity. I’m Dying. Here Is What I Refuse to Accept With Serenity.
Voting is not nearly enough. We need to become organizers.
Oct 11, 2018 / Editorial / Ady Barkan