Like a bad Hollywood action flick, the Republican “repeal and replace” juggernaut just won’t go away. And every sequel is worse than the last. Three times over the past summer the Senate narrowly rejected plans that would have taken away 20 to 30 million Americans’ access to healthcare in order to finance tax cuts for […]
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Single-payer health care – its time has come: Mark Dimondstein (Opinion)
Published in Cleveland.com September 20th 9:17 AM EST WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress is back from its summer recess and the problems with our nation’s health care system haven’t gone away. How to fix health care is once again being hotly debated. Recently, President Donald Trump warned Republican senators that they must do something or be confronted with […]
Read More...Unions Step Up to Support Sanders’ Medicare for All Bill
Last week was a watershed moment in the long fight for healthcare justice. Senator Bernie Sanders submitted his long-awaited Medicare for All Bill (SB 1804) to the U.S. Senate. He was joined by 16 cosponsors. The Bill would guarantee healthcare to every American from cradle to grave through an expanded and improved Medicare system and is the Senate […]
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