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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Senate Democrats pressure Trump to drop ObamaCare lawsuit
Vulnerable Senate Democrats joined dozens of their colleagues Friday in calling on President Trump to stop helping a lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act that could wipe out protections for pre-existing medical conditi...
The Health 202: Labor unions aren’t sure about Medicare-for-all. That’s bad for Sanders and good for Buttigieg.
The Culinary Union fight in Nevada is emblematic of a broader issue.
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This morning, Trump had some insults to throw at Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, who is using his vast personal fortune to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on campaign ads.
Mini Mike Bloomberg is a LOSER who has money but can’t debate and has zero presence, you will see. He reminds me of a tiny version of Jeb “Low Energy” Bush, but Jeb has more political skill and has treated the Black community much better than Mini! https://t.co/qIef5VhjDr
.@realDonaldTrump - we know many of the same people in NY. Behind your back they laugh at you & call you a carnival barking clown. They know you inherited a fortune & squandered it with stupid deals and incompetence.
I have the record & the resources to defeat you. And I will. https://t.co/fO4azmZaUg
The Democratic establishment is worried about Bernie Sanders becoming the party’s nominee, as the New York Times, the Hill, Politico and others report today.
We are spending twice as much per capita on healthcare as do the people of any other country. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the healthcare industry last year made $100 billion in profit. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we are wasting $500 billion a year trying to administer thousands and thousands of different plans. What Medicare for All will do is save the average American substantial sums of money.
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Special Needs Plans for People Experiencing Homelessness
This Viewpoint proposes the creation of a homelessness-focused special needs plan, a Medicare Advantage insurance plan aimed at meeting the unique care needs of specific populations, to help offer the intensive case management and care coordination necessary for providing health care to homeless individuals.