For Health System Reform, Even With Majority Will, There Is No Way Most Californians say they want single-payer care, but in the Legislature the health care industry has been unstoppable. Capital & Main · May 2, 2024
California law signals ongoing push for single-payer system - Roll Call Despite stalling in Congress, the push toward single-payer health care continues to resonate as a campaign issue for Democrats. Roll Call · Oct 11, 2023
Lee, Porter, Schiff face off in California Senate forum - Roll Call California Democratic Senate candidates Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff debated questions from a media panel at a union conference. Roll Call · Oct 8, 2023
Sunscreen socialism: AOC divides the left with call for better skincare options Ocasio-Cortez’s video with a brand owner angered some who saw it as consumerist, while others backed her on health grounds The Guardian - US · Aug 17, 2023
It’s time to guarantee healthcare to all Americans as a human right It is time to end the international embarrassment of the US being the only major country that does not guarantee healthcare The Guardian - US · May 18, 2023
Sanders: "Medicare for All" must wait As new chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, Sanders maps out his strategy for negotiating with GOP and Big Pharma Salon · Mar 9, 2023
Q&A: Why Bernie Sanders says his ‘Medicare for All’ dream must wait After railing at the injustices of U.S. health care for decades, Sen. Bernie Sanders in January became the new chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee. The job gives the health care industry’s biggest Washington nemesis an unprecedented opportunity to shape health care reform in Congress. But… Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2023
John Fetterman shows how Democrats can win back working-class Trump voters His campaign proved that class can be a driver of political behavior and a foundation of redistributive economic policy The Guardian - US · Nov 17, 2022
How Dems can reach younger voters After Roe decision, Democrats have a golden opportunity to win back younger voters — if they actually stand up Salon · Jul 2, 2022
Franken wins Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Iowa Michael Franken defeated Abby Finkenauer and Glenn Hurst in the June 7 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Iowa and will face incumbent Chuck Grassley (R), first elected in 1980, in the general election. Ballotpedia · Jun 10, 2022
Three candidates running Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Iowa Abby Finkenauer, Michael Franken, and Glenn Hurst are running in the June 7 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Iowa. The incumbent is Chuck Grassley(R), who was first elected in 1980. Ballotpedia · Jun 1, 2022
She has a plan to beat the billionaires Jeff Bezos and the Democratic Party are devoted to stopping Kshama Sawant. She has her eyes on a bigger prize Salon · Jun 1, 2022
Medicare for All Would Be a Terrible Trade Top-notch health care, delivered fast and for low cost, really isn’t on the government's menu. Reason · May 18, 2022
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Salon · Apr 12, 2022 Life expectancy falls amid COVID failure Researcher says he was "shocked" that US life expectancy continued to fall in 2021 as gap with other nations grows
Ballotpedia · Apr 7, 2022 Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 17 (April 7, 2022) In this issue: Recent polling and debate in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race and state Sen. Steve Roberts challenges Cori Bush in MO-01
Reason · Apr 5, 2022 Elizabeth Warren's Wealth Tax Would Hurt More Than Just the 'Tippy Top' Wealth tax proponents claim only super rich people would be affected. But to raise the revenue Warren, Sanders, and Biden want, they'd have to tax the "working rich"—doctors, lawyers, and other hardworking high earners.
Salon · Mar 31, 2022 Sanders: Healthcare is a human right "As a nation, we should understand what every other country does: Healthcare is a human right, not a privilege"
Salon · Mar 28, 2022 Uninsured will now pay for COVID tests Government funding cuts to key pandemic programs forced by GOP opposition arrive as progressives in Congress renew their push for Medicare for All.
Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2022 Other states keep watchful eye on snags in Washington’s pioneering public-option plan With prospects dim for the U.S. to adopt a single-payer “Medicare for All” program, health care reform advocates turned instead to an insurance plan designed by the government that could compete with private insurance plans sold on the health care exchanges. The idea behind this “public option” is that it…