Thanks to Nurse Talk for sharing this special edition podcast featuring Michael Lighty, Director of Public Policy for National Nurses United! “The labor movement exists to stop money from being the metric of value and power. Healthcare is exhibit A for money as […]
Today the California Nurses Association denounced the Final Report issued by the Assembly Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage. Blasting the report as a tone-deaf abandonment of millions of Californians faced with medical bills that they cannot pay, the nurses […]
Congressman Keith Ellison, (D-MN) long-time supporter of single-payer healthcare, has stepped up as lead sponsor for H.R. 676, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act. Ellison has worked side-by-side with National Nurses United, the largest nurses’ union in the nation, on several social justice […]
On Tuesday, May 15, 2018, the Center for American Progress (CAP) will host their 5th “Ideas Conference.” Many found the 2017 conference to be lacking in Big Ideas, such as Medicare for All, which seemed to reflect CAP’s solid position within the Clinton wing of […]
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Is it the ACA’s lack of cost controls on premiums pushing Dems leftward? The realization that “the private market” is simply not working? Trump’s threatened cutbacks? What does this mean for the California governor’s race? And will “Medicare for Most” satisfy single-payer advocates? Rick’s mailbag: […]
The newly-proposed Medicare Extra for All plan has sparked on-going controversy in the healthcare advocacy community. Single payer supporters see the plan as incremental, a co-optation, and glorified public option that unacceptably leaves corporate health insurance in the game. Other commentators have more nuanced opinions, […]
