Tag: Medicare for all

Can veterans really get better care outside the VA?

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!     How is the Department of Veterans Affairs becoming increasingly privatized and what could this mean for those who have served and sacrificed for our country? Is corporate health insurance better than the VA […]

The sordid financialization of America’s healthcare system

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Why have U.S. administrations from both sides of the aisle chosen to privatize Medicare and how has that complicated health care for patients? How do mega insurance companies benefit as a result? How much […]

A second look at the Indian Health Service: A broken promise?

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   In the wake of the recent presidential election, we’re revisiting one of our favorite podcast episodes from 2023 about the hurdles America’s Indigenous peoples face in accessing health care.  What’s being done to help elder […]

Will Project 2025 sink traditional Medicare?

                  THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!     What could another Trump presidency mean for the rise in Medicare private plans and what would that mean for patient care and financial waste in our healthcare system and […]

Buying studies, diluting messages: How health care companies use much more than lobbying to protect profits

With Congress set to debate “Medicare-for-all,” Tarbell examines efforts by health insurers to take over past health care reforms. By Michael Corcoran, Tarbell In January, dozens of new Democrats will enter the U.S. House of Representatives with their party in control. While their leadership has resisted […]

Gavin Newsom Is Bullish On Single-Payer — Except When He’s Not

Newsom’s backing for government-run, universal coverage has often been similarly bold, but other times it has been more muted, prompting conservatives to call him too liberal and liberals to label him too skittish. That dichotomy is likely a reflection of the political challenges he will […]

Politicians Hop Aboard ‘Medicare-For-All’ Train, Destination Unknown

That gives politicians and voters a few years to decide what they mean and what they want when they say they support Medicare-for-all or single-payer health care. For now, it’s hard to read too much into promises. Elisabeth Rosenthal and Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News […]