From Greta Thunberg to universal health care: Is the UN moving on from Donald Trump?

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 News

Is Donald Trump pushing the U.S. to the sidelines of the U.N.? Does it matter? Some believe other world leaders are already moving on from the president.

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The UN General Assembly lurches into full swing

September 24, 2019 climate-change, Donald Trump, News, politics

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Biden’s bungled attack on Medicare-for-all

September 24, 2019 News

The former vice president got a number of things wrong when he recently attacked Sen. Bernie Sanders's plan for Medicare-for-all.

The US just promised to adopt universal health care

September 23, 2019 health, News

Every single member of the UN doubled-down today on a commitment to provide universal health coverage to their citizens. The fact that the US will be among them is perhaps evidence of how disconnected these declarations can be from actual domestic political agendas.
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Poll: Voters back Medicare expansion, keeping private insurance

September 22, 2019 News

The majority of voters in a new poll supports a health care plan that would expand a public option but maintain the private insurance industry. Sixty-seven percent of registered voters support al...

Buttigieg jabs at Warren for her ‘evasive’ answer on middle-class taxes under Medicare for All

September 20, 2019 News

Pete Buttigieg criticized the responses Elizabeth Warren has provided when asked whether her Medicare for All plan will raise middle-class taxes.

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The question Elizabeth Warren won’t answer

September 19, 2019 News

She keeps being asked whether she would raise middle class taxes to pay for Medicare For All and declining to answer. It's true that simple question ignores the broader issue of cost and savings, but why not just level with people -- as Bernie Sanders has done?

The question Elizabeth Warren won’t answer

September 19, 2019 News

She keeps being asked whether she would raise middle class taxes to pay for Medicare For All and declining to answer. It's true that simple question ignores the broader issue of cost and savings, but why not just level with people -- as Bernie Sanders has done?

A radical approach to confronting addiction puts human connection first

September 19, 2019 drugs, health, News

In 2015, Jennifer Nicolaisen was working in consulting and getting by some days on just two hours of sleep. She was a 27-year-old statistician in northern Virginia, basking in what she called “rising star energy”—the glow that came from approval from her boss, her c...

Buttigieg unveils Medicare plan preserving private insurance

September 19, 2019 News

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg released a health care platform Thursday that would expand Medicare...