Medicare-for-All Proponents Warn Against Billionaires’ Plan to “Disrupt” Healthcare Industry “We can do better than a healthcare system run by a rent-seeker, a slumlord and a Wall Street bank. It’s called Medicare for All.” by Julia Conley, staff writer. January 30, 2018. Common Dreams. Excerpts […]
Jeff Bezos and his two friends just spooked health care stocks by Paul R. La Monica @lamonicabuzzJanuary 30, 2018: 12:45 PM ET. CNN Money. Excerpts only. Read complete article here. Shares of leading insurers and drug stores tanked after Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire […]
Most Americans Can’t Afford A Minor Emergency Just 39 percent of Americans have enough money in savings to cover an unexpected $1,000 bill, according to a new report. By Eleanor Goldberg. January 29, 2018. Huffington Post. Excerpts only. Read complete article here. James DeVolid, 54, […]
The first projections for Trumpcare 2019 are in: Expect rate increases of up to 30% By Michael Hiltzik. JAN 26, 2018. 1:05 PM. Los Angeles Times. Excerpts only. Read complete article here. If anything is predictable about the vandalism of the Affordable Care Act perpetrated by President […]
Why does it cost $32,093 just to give birth in America? The US is the most expensive nation in the world in which to have a baby – and it may factor into thousands of bankruptcies each year Jessica Glenza in New York. Tue 16 Jan 2018 02.00 EST. […]
Nurses: Villaraigosa’s Distortions, Fear Mongering on SB 562 Stain His Candidacy, Mock Health Crisis Felt by Millions California Nurses Association. January 26, 2018 The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) today again condemned public statements by gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa for politically motivated distortions and […]
“All Hands on Deck” Campaign coordinators are calling for all hands on deck as February 7 approaches, the date of a key hearing of the Assembly Select Committee on Universal Healthcare. The hearing, scheduled to take place in Sacramento, will present a number of paths […]
Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare For All’ Online Town Hall Draws Over 1 Million Live Viewers The Vermont senator delighted in circumventing the television networks. By Daniel Marans. January 24, 2018. Huffington Post. Excerpts only. Read complete article here. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ televised town hall on Tuesday night to […]
Death by Inequality: Poverty and Racism Are Killing America’s Children The deaths of hundreds of thousands of kids should have dominated the media. They would have been, if terrorists had killed them. Richard Eskow. Campaign for America’s Future. January 23, 2018. CommonDreams.org. Excerpts only. Read complete […]