Letters From the June 3-10, 2019, Issue Letters From the June 3-10, 2019, Issue
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May 17, 2019 / Letters / Our Readers
Washington State Has Created the Nation’s First Social-Insurance Program for Long-Term Care Washington State Has Created the Nation’s First Social-Insurance Program for Long-Term Care
When Americans age or need help with the basic tasks of living, they often have no one to turn to but their family members. A groundbreaking program in Washington will change that ...
May 13, 2019 / Bryce Covert
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
Max Fine Spent His Life Trying to Create a Better Health-Care System Max Fine Spent His Life Trying to Create a Better Health-Care System
Fine, who was the last surviving member of JFK’s Medicare Task Force, always believed that health care is a human right.
Apr 30, 2019 / Carl Ginsburg
Want to Expand Medicare? Then Answer the $5 Trillion Questions. Want to Expand Medicare? Then Answer the $5 Trillion Questions.
If you think the fight with insurance companies is tough, just wait until single-payer advocates have to go head-to-head with doctors.
Apr 26, 2019 / Editorial / Mike Konczal
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
Take Action Now: Push the Medicare-for-All Bill Forward Take Action Now: Push the Medicare-for-All Bill Forward
Call your senators, mobilize voters, then organize a canvass for universal healthcare.
Apr 16, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction