U.S. Rep Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) is joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), and other lawmakers as they reintroduce Medicare for All legislation on May 17, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: @RepBarbaraLee/Twitter) “We must act to end the international embarrassment of the United States being the only… Continue reading
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) holds a press conference with Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) [far right], Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) [second from right], and others in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 2019. (Photo: Ssaul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) “There are millions of people who would like to go to a doctor… Continue reading
Medicare for All will be introduced in Congress again next week. So now is a great opportunity for us to demonstrate the strength of the Medicare for All movement — and to let every member of Congress know that there is broad support for giving all Americans quality health care…. Continue reading
By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday said he intends to reintroduce Medicare for All legislation in the U.S. Senate in the coming days as the Biden administration moves ahead with a Medicare privatization scheme and millions of Americans remain at imminent risk of losing their insurance once pandemic protections expire…. Continue reading
April 28, 2023 (email@healthcare-now.org) BIG NEWS! The Medicare for All Act is about to be reintroduced in the House and the Senate on May 16! Lead sponsors Representative Pramila Jayapal and Senator Bernie Sanders are coordinating a joint release of the new bills, which means we’ll have an opportunity to… Continue reading
The bailout of Silicon Valley Bank’s depositors means every dollar in U.S. bank accounts is insured by the federal government. Jon Schwarz March 13 2023, 1:36 p.m. (CommonDreams.org) BECOME A MEMBER Customers in line outside the Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., on March 13, 2023. Photo: David Paul… Continue reading
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) as she introduced Medicare for All legislation in 2019 on Capitol Hill. (Photo: © Rick Reinhard 2019 / via NNU flickr) Please improve the bill now, before it is introduced. NATIONAL SINGLE PAYER STEERING COMMITTEE Mar 07, 2023 Common Dreams Dear Member of Congress: As legislation… Continue reading
Medicare for All advocates march on February 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) “It is absolutely reprehensible that the United States, the richest country in the world, does not have free universal healthcare when most of the other wealthy nations provide this benefit to their citizens,”… Continue reading
A physician looks into a Covid-19 patient’s room as he makes his rounds in the ICU at a hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on January 18, 2022. (Photo: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images) “Doctors’ sense of our complicity in putting profits over people has grown more difficult to ignore.” JAKE JOHNSON… Continue reading
