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 Salon · Apr 12, 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 Ballotpedia · Apr 7, 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. Reason · Apr 5, 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 31, 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. Salon · Mar 28, 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… Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2022