Medicare for all

Overcoming Trump’s US Health Care Wrecking Ball

April 19, 2026 Robert Pollin, Dollars and Sense. Educate! Austerity, Health Care, Medicare for all, Trump Administration

The Trump administration has been rolling out disasters on a near-daily basis since Trump returned to office 15 months ago, with the latest installment being, of course, his current war of choice in Iran. Amid this ongoing barrage, one can easily overlook the outrages that Trump and company inflicted only months ago, even as the effects of these earlier measures start to hit people hard, with worse to come. One of the most consequential such measures affecting the daily lives of millions of people are the huge cuts in federal health care support enacted last July 4, when President Trump signed his absurdly named “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

An ER Physician Writes About What Healthcare Should Look Like

March 23, 2026 Dr. James Martin, Substack. Educate! Congress, Health Care, Medicare for all, National Single Payer

During my years in the emergency department, I have seen the awful impacts of delayed care. When I practiced at Michael Reese Hospital many years ago, it was distressingly common for me to treat young men with kidney failure. Why? Because their high blood pressure went untreated due to a lack of health coverage to pay for doctor visits and simple medications. They waited until their health issues became unbearable—and much more expensive to treat. We can do so much better than this, and growing numbers of Americans—including 90% of Democrats in a recent Gallup poll—are starting to demand that we replace our “starter home” with a much more durable health care system.

Millions Of Americans Joining The Ranks Of The Uninsured

March 22, 2026 Julia Conley, Common Dreams. Educate! Congress, Health Care, Medicare for all, Uninsured

About 24.3 million Americans were enrolled in healthcare plans within the Affordable Care Act marketplace last year, but a survey released Thursday by KFF found that about 1 in 10 of those people had no choice but to make a difficult and risky calculation at the end of 2025 when ACA subsidies expired due to Republicans’ refusal to support an extension. According to the research, 9% of people enrolled in plans under the marketplace last year are now uninsured, having dropped their coverage—and costs were a deciding factor for the vast majority of those who left the marketplace.

After National Day Of Action For Single Payer; Best Defense Is A Good Offense

June 25, 2025 Judy Albert, Claire M. Cohen, Ed Grystar, Kay Tillow, and Ana Malinow, Common Dreams. Strategize! Health Care, Medicaid, Medicare for all, National Day of Action, Single payer health care

Activists on May 31 made bold demands, refusing to believe the wealthiest country should have a separate healthcare system for the poor, or that we should wait until we are 65 to access a public healthcare system into which we pay all our working lives. On May 31, activists demanded an end to a system where health insurance CEOs, who worry more about “disappointing investors” than patients, control our health. On May 31, we demanded the end of a system where insurance companies get to make trillions of dollars in earnings and spend millions on federal lobbying to influence government officials who write the laws to benefit the owners and not the people who suffer under it.

From Coast To Coast, People Demand Health Care For All, Not Profits

On Saturday, May 31, people across the United States rallied as part of the first National Day of Action organized by National Single Payer to demand Health, not Profit: Put National Single Payer on the Nation's Agenda. A national single payer healthcare system would cover every person living in the United States and its territories from birth to death and provide comprehensive coverage, including all medically necessary care, medications and therapies, and longterm care. The reality that healthcare in the US is designed to provide profits for the medical-industrial complex rather than protecting people's health has spurred a growing coalition of organizations to take action together.

The United States Could Have The Best Health Care

May 30, 2025 Kay Tillow, Kentucky Lantern. Resist! Health Care, Medicare for all, National Day of Action, Single payer health care

Ours is the only nation in the industrialized world that has turned health care over to the private sector, subjecting all of us to life expectancy five years below the norm in other wealthy countries. More of our babies die in the first year of life and more of our moms die in childbirth than in any other industrialized country. We spend twice as much per person on health care in the United States as peer countries, yet we have the highest rates of death for conditions that are treatable. On the congressional agenda are cuts to Medicaid of more than $600 billion over 10 years. Hundreds of thousands Kentuckians are among those in the line of fire.

The Case For Single-Payer: Reduce Healthcare Cost With Simplification

May 22, 2025 Dr. Stephen Kemble, Counter Punch. Create! Health Care, Medicare for all, Profiteering, Single payer health care

Privatization of publicly funded Medicare and Medicaid, managed care, and “value-based payment”1 have failed to reduce cost or improve population health despite over 30 years of trying, and a new paradigm for health policy is needed. Public funding is appropriate for essential public services necessary for everyone—funded by taxes and paid for with budgets based on cost of operations, with no opportunity for profit or loss. Examples include police and fire departments, public schools, the military, roads and bridges, and government services. Health care should be added to this list. Other industrialized countries with far more cost-effective universal systems treat health care as a public good, not a commodity.

National Day Of Action To Demand Health Care, Not Profit

May 12, 2025 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. Podcast - Clearing The FOG health, Health Care, Medicare for all, Profiteers, Single-Payer

On May 31, a large coalition of labor and community groups is holding a nationwide day of action to demand a national single payer healthcare system. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kay Tillow, an organizer of the action and member of the leading organization, NationalSinglePayer.com. Tillow speaks about the current healthcare crisis in the United States and why it is imperative that people organize now for a solution, such as national improved Medicare for all. Tillow critiques the Medicare for All legislation that was recently introduced in both houses of Congress and what we need to do to move the bills forward.

‘Hands Up’ For The National Day Of Action For Single Payer

April 28, 2025 Judy Albert, Common Dreams. Resist! Health Care, Medicare for all, National Day of Action, Single payer health care

Every household with employer health insurance making $80,610 per year or less is underinsured. Employers are faced with increasing insurance premiums for their employees that challenge their ability to stay in business, or in the case of public schools, the ability to keep schools open. Enough is enough! Over 70 local and national organizations have endorsed the National Day of Action. On May 31, join an action or plan an action in your community. Focus the outrage to move the engine of change and put single payer on the nation’s agenda and remove profit from healthcare. On May 31, put your “Hands Up” for National Single Payer—an Improved Medicare for All free from profit with everybody in and nobody out.

Call To Action May 31, 2025: Demand Health Not Profit!

March 17, 2025 National Single Payer. Resist! Health Care, Medicare for all, National Day of Action, Single payer health care

Following the shooting in December of United Health Care CEO, Brian Thompson, the response from Americans was not your typical “sending thoughts and prayers.” The rage, frustration, and disgust directed at the “victim” surprised many. Quickly enough, it became clear why people were responding with anger and not condolences. Many recognized that the victims included people who have been wronged by a cruel, expensive, failed broken health care system. Brian Thompson symbolized an ugly, rapacious industry. It was hard to mourn its death.

Dr. Oz’s Nomination Fuels Fears For Crucial Health Programs

March 15, 2025 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. Resist! Donald Trump, health insurance industry, Medicare for all, Mehmet Oz, single-payer healthcare, United States

Health workers and patients are mobilizing against the appointment of Dr. Mehmet Oz as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), one of several controversial health-related nominations submitted by the Trump presidency. Many have expressed concern over what Dr. Oz’s leadership would mean for the largest US healthcare programs and, consequently, access to healthcare across the country. If confirmed, Oz would be in charge of over USD 1 trillion and overall coverage administration. While he is a recognized surgeon, he is better known for promoting dubious nutrition advice through his public platforms.

Corporate Media Coverage Of Healthcare In 2024 Elections

February 14, 2025 John Canham-Clyne, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Educate! Affordable Care Act, Elections, Health Care, Medicare for all

The murder of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson, and the subsequent arrest of Luigi Mangione, focused media and policymakers’ attention on the savage practices of private US health insurance. In the immediate aftermath, major media outlets scolded social media posters for mocking Thompson with sarcastic posts, such as “I’m sorry, prior authorization is required for thoughts and prayers.” As public fury failed to subside, it began to dawn on at least some media organizations that the response to Thompson’s murder might possibly reflect deep, widespread anger at a healthcare system that collects twice as much money as those in other wealthy countries, makes it difficult for half the adult population to afford healthcare even when they’re supposedly “insured,” and maims, murders and bankrupts millions of people by denying payment when they actually try to use their alleged benefits.

US Health Insurance System Is Failing, Say Doctors

January 27, 2025 Michael Sainato, The Guardian. Educate! Doctors, Health Care, Health Insurance, Medicare for all, United States

American doctors are accusing US health insurance giants of causing deadly delays to vital medical procedures and care – and putting profits ahead of their patients’ health. Firms including United Healthcare have denied basic scans, and taken months to reconsider, according to physicians who spoke to the Guardian. “There’s good evidence that these kinds of delays literally kill people,” said Dr Ed Weisbart, former chief medical officer for Express Scripts, one of the largest prescription benefits managers in the US. “For some people, this isn’t just an inconvenience and an annoyance and an aggravation.

Improved Medicare For All Can Heal This Sick Country

January 18, 2025 Kay Tillow, Judy Albert, Claire M. Cohen, Ed Grystar and Ana Malinow, Common Dreams. Organize! Health Care, Medicare, Medicare for all, Single-Payer

It’s the beginning of the end for corporate control of health care. The tsunami of outrage against the health insurance industry in the wake of the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, can propel an urgent, unyielding demand for the removal of profit from healthcare and the enactment of a universal, national single payer system. That is, if the single payer, Medicare for All, national health service movement can summon the vision and audacity to rise to the occasion.

Is Public, Quality Healthcare Possible In The United States?

December 18, 2024 Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. Strategize! Brian Thompson, health insurance industry, Medicare for all, single-payer healthcare, United States, UnitedHealthcare, universal healthcare

People in the US pay billions towards the health insurance industry, yet many in the healthcare field believe that this industry does little to ensure quality care to patients. While US healthcare spending is by far the highest of any country in the world, the country has the lowest life expectancy among other nations with a similar GDP. In recent weeks, the rage against the for-profit healthcare industry in the United States has intensified. The reality faced by many in the US, of avoiding seeking medical care in an emergency for fear of costs, or having health insurance claims repeatedly denied despite paying thousands to private insurers, has become too much to bear.

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