The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Cue Harry and Louise: Medicare for All vs. the Usual Suspects
For all its uncertainties, American life has its reassuring traditions: Fall brings football, spring brings baseball, and proposals for universal health insurance bring healthcare industry scare campaigns.
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Nationwide Week of Action To Build Mass Movement Behind Medicare for All
"As nurses, we understand the need for guaranteed healthcare for everyone. That's why we are fighting to win Medicare for All and joining thousands at barnstorms across the country."
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1 Year After Repeal of Individual Mandate, Health Coverage At Risk for More Americans
That element of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, along with other actions taken by the Trump Administration, are contributing to higher premiums, less coverage and more uninsured.
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Missouri Shows Why Healthcare Plays A Major Role In Next Week's Elections
Recent polling in Missouri – where Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is fighting to defend her seat – shows healthcare is at the top of the list of issues that voters care about.
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Occupy Satire: American Success Stories 2018
Check out these uplifting tales in an age of diminished expectations.
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Act Out! [155] - Corporate Sugar Daddies & How To Fix the Healthcare System
Everyone that comes into contact with our healthcare – or rather sick care – system knows it's broken, or rather that it's fixed. We highlight the easy solution and the difficult path to getting everyone the care they need, no strings attached.
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Would Dr. King Take a Knee? 6 Ways His Radical Spirit Lives Today
“We must realize,” said Dr. King, “that the problems of racial injustice and economic injustice cannot be solved without a radical redistribution of political and economic power.”
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Sen. Cassidy Believes States are Better Suited to Run Healthcare but Not Flood Insurance
The National Flood Insurance Program isn't nearly as contentious as the ACA, giving the Louisiana senator more political legroom to advocate for federal management over flood insurance. The irony, given the GOP's latest healthcare setback, is hard to miss.
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The 3 Americans Who Should Pay for Medicare-for-All
One good reason for wealthier Americans to support a better health care system: as the longevity of higher-earning Americans increases relative to low-income Americans, wealthy households benefit more and more from Medicare.
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As Sanders Prepared Medicare Bill, Health Care Lobbyists Bankrolled Senate Democrats
Corporate lobbyists for some of the nation’s major private insurers and drug companies poured huge sums of money into Senate Democrats’ fundraising accounts. Now, many of those lawmakers are refusing to back the Medicare bill.
