Cancer is the second-leading cause of death, just behind heart disease. In 2018, it killed 9.6 million people globally. The same year, there were over 18 million new cases of cancer worldwide, and by 2040, that fi...
Month: February 2019
Momentum founders push benefits of NHS-style healthcare in US
Emma Rees and Adam Klug seek British volunteers to back free healthcare campaign
Two of the founders of the leftwing pressure group Momentum are to launch a campaign asking British volunteers to back a campaign for free healthcare in the US by telling Americans about the benefits of the NHS.
The idea is to sign up activists who are prepared to talk up the British healthcare system as a good example of how a campaign such as “National Medicare For All” in the US would work. It comes as part of a campaign by America’s National Nurses United union.
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Why “Medicare for all” has become a rally cry for 2020 hopefuls
“Medicare for all” is not a new Democratic platform, but it is certainly come to the forefront for candidates running in 2020. Andy Slavitt, the former administrator for the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare explains why.
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Dick Saslaw was the lone VA Democrat to rush to Northam’s defense. It could cost him re-election.
Virginia’s US senators Tim Kaine (D) and Mark Warner (D) late Saturday joined a growing chorus of politicians and organizations calling on Gov. Ralph Northam (D) to resign, after a racist photo from his 1984 medical school yearbook page was published by a right-wing website.
Yasmine Taeb, a progressive candidate for the Virginia State Senate, told ThinkProgress that it shouldn’t have taken them so long.
“The two highest officials in our state are older white men who w...
Ocasio-Cortez inspires Democratic presidential hopefuls to come out swinging on climate change
As the Democratic presidential primary field grows more crowded by the day, something feels a bit different this time: In the face of increasingly dire scientific warnings and a president committed to denying the existence and severity of climate change, Democratic presidential contenders are calling for urgent action to address the crisis in their first appeals to voters.
“Climate change is an existential threat to us, and we have got to deal with the reality of it,” Se...
Court dismisses Maryland lawsuit over health-care law that also challenged Matthew Whitaker’s appointment
There’s no indication President Trump will stop enforcing the Affordable Care Act, the judge said.
US judge throws out Maryland bid to protect Obama healthcare plan
Maryland had tried to protect the healthcare law known as Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, but failed in court.
Trump administration plan to lower drug prices quickly draws fire
It would funnel hidden drugmaker rebates straight to Medicare and perhaps eventually all consumers but skeptics say it's destined to fail