Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/06/09/why-covid-19-racial-disparities-make-case-medicare-all Published on Tuesday, June 09, 2020 by Common Dreams Though it won’t solve all our problems, expanding Medicare to all people is an essential demand if we want to advance health equity in the United States. By … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/06/08/defeat-coronavirus-we-need-expand-medicare Published on Monday, June 08, 2020 by Common Dreams Congress must act decisively to guarantee health care to everyone in the country. It should do so on moral grounds, it should do so on public health grounds, … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/05/14/we-need-single-payer-yesterday-medicare-all-case-made-162-million-lose-employer-tied Published on Thursday, May 14, 2020 by Common Dreams “While Americans may like their employer-provided coverage when they have it, contra Obama, they can’t always keep it.” By Julia Conley, staff writer “It is especially terrifying for … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/04/03/medicare-each-us-age-coronavirus Published on Friday, April 03, 2020 by Common Dreams The U.S. public—and increasingly the business community—are becoming acutely aware of the rising costs and inadequacies of our current for-profit system, particularly as the current epidemic unfolds. There … Continued
From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): This article by our editor is being co-published in Sojourners and Democratic Left. Last week, I listened as several Indiana workers in the hospitality industry gathered in southeastern Indiana to talk about their health. A cook in her … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/11/20-top-economists-endorse-medicare-all-best-plan-cut-costs-save-tens-thousands-lives Published on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 by Common Dreams “By eliminating insurance premiums and out-of-pocket expenses, and lowering overall healthcare costs, Medicare for All will result in enormous savings for almost all households, all except the richest … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/20/historic-shift-second-largest-physicians-group-us-has-new-prescription-its-medicare Published on Monday, January 20, 2020 by Common Dreams “Major changes are needed,” declares the 159,000-member American College of Physicians, “to a system that costs too much, leaves too many behind, and delivers too little.” By Jon … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/07/study-shows-medicare-all-could-save-us-600-billion-annually-paperwork-and-other Published on Tuesday, January 07, 2020 “Industry wants you to think universal healthcare is too expensive. In reality, it’s our current system that’s a wasteful, unsustainable disaster.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer A demonstrator holds a sign … Continued
From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): Last week, Democratic 2020 Presidential front-runner Senator Elizabeth Warren released her plan to pay for Medicare for All. As discussed previously here at Faith in Healthcare, Senator Bernie Sanders, academic think tanks, and economists have already set … Continued
From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): As covered in a recent issue of Faith in Healthcare, the Presidential candidates adopting the insurance industry’s talking points about a “public option” are well-rewarded by the industry for their efforts. Those dollars seem to be … Continued