The American Medical Association has fought expansion of government health insurance since the 1930s.
Month: November 2019
Major Nurses’ Union Backs Bernie Sanders and His Push for ‘Medicare for All’
National Nurses United, the country’s biggest nurses’ union, also endorsed Bernie Sanders in 2016. This time, it chose him over Elizabeth Warren, who has laid out her own Medicare for all plan.
Warren’s Medicare for All plan could increase people’s paychecks
Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare for All plan could increase people’s paychecks, Joy Reid explains in this detailed breakdown. Why the resistance? President of Business for Medicare for All, Wendell Potter, joins Joy Reid to discuss.
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Medicare Part B premium 2020: Rates and deductibles rising 7% for outpatient care
Medicare Part B premiums and deductibles are increasing 7% in 2020, which is a $9.10 monthly increase for 70% of Medicare beneficiaries.
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Hillary Clinton on Medicare for All: ‘The Goal Is the Right Goal,’ but It Won’t Pass
The 2016 Democratic nominee said she viewed two central policies embraced by the left in the 2020 primary — single-payer health care and a wealth tax — as unworkable or politically impractical.
The Health 202: Medicaid work requirements were defeated at the ballot box last night
Kentucky and Virginia could loosen state requirements.
The Daily 202: The future of Medicaid work requirements is on the line in the Kentucky governor’s election today
Democrats are struggling to replicate the success they found on health care in the midterms.
The Health 202: Medicare-for-all would virtually erase the massive health insurance industry
But economists say that’s not a good enough reason to oppose it.