In a rare break with a prominent supporter, the senator said his Medicare-for-all plan is already a compromise.
Month: February 2020
Nevada service workers union backs Medicare for all
Katy Tur is joined by SEIU Nevada Local 1107 executive director, Grace Vergara-Mactal, to discuss the powerful Nevada union’s stance on Medicare for all and why they will not endorse a 2020 candidate.
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California’s Obamacare signups rise after state requires coverage, enhances subsidies
California has reversed several years of slipping sign ups on its Affordable Care Act exchange.
Bogus respondents to online polls may be inflating approval of Trump and Obamacare, Pew study finds
The massive study found many bogus respondents just clicking the most positive response for everything
The Health 202: Bernie Sanders’s most persuasive Medicare-for-all argument: The status quo is worse
Health costs are growing fast, according to a new analysis.
New study shows Medicare for all would save lives
A new study conducted by Yale researchers and released in the medical journal, "The Lancet" shows the Medicare for All Act would actually save both money and lives. Joining Katy Tur is former Health Insurance Executive and President of "Business for
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Medicare for All at center of rift between Sanders, NV union
Bernie Sanders and a prominent Nevada union have faced a rift over Medicare for All as the Nevada caucuses approach. Joy Reid and her panel discuss how this typically important union’s stamp of approval will not go to apparent frontrunner Sanders, as the
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Weingarten: Fight for healthcare as a right not a privilege
MSNBC’s Ali Velshi and Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of American Teachers discuss union concerns regarding Medicaid for All and how the transition from employer based health insurance would pose a challenge.
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U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Blocking States’ Medicaid Work Requirements
A three-judge panel found the Trump administration failed to analyze whether such requirements "would promote the primary objective of Medicaid — to furnish medical assistance," as required by law.
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