Bernie Sanders: Trump was right, Australian healthcare is better
Sanders also says Senate should use Australian system as model while crafting an alternative to Republicans’ replacement for ObamacareBernie Sanders has declared President Donald Trump was right to say...
View ArticleI wanted to attack healthcare policy with comedy | Jonathan Lynn
The Yes Minister writer explains how his horror at how the US – and potentially the UK – treats the sick grew into the tale of a hospital run by a casino managerAmerican politicians can’t help...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s policies are decidedly unchristian
Trump’s policies benefit almost exclusively the American plutocracy, while taking away money from the American working class, writes Julian DunnDavid Critchley (Letters, 30 December) seeks to defend...
View ArticleCandidates for Michigan governor offer hope for progressive Democrats
A lawmaker who took a #MeToo stand, an Indian immigrant and an heir to Bernie Sanders’ political revolution vie for nominationGretchen Whitmer is a former state senate leader who had a powerful #MeToo...
View ArticleMedicare for All policy has become politics' sticking point
A survey found 225 Democratic candidates in the House running explicitly on the single-payer healthcare policyPramila Jayapal is a first-term congresswoman from one of the most progressive districts in...
View ArticleBlack women in Alabama dying of preventable cancer at alarming rate
Human Rights Watch report blames restrictive insurance policies, lack of physicians and poverty for failure to treat cervical diseaseCervical cancer, a disease researchers believe is on track to be...
View ArticleUniversal healthcare could save America trillions: what’s holding us back?
A slew of studies are confirming that America can afford real universal healthcare, but some call it economically infeasibleIf you can’t undercut a popular proposal as undesirable, make it sound...
View ArticleAmerica shuts down: how the federal government closure is impacting millions
An estimated 800,000 federal workers are missing paychecks, but the effects extend beyond those who work for the governmentShutdown becomes longest in US historyOn Saturday, the partial federal...
View ArticleHow convincing is Kamala Harris' leftward shift? | Briahna Joy Gray
The Democratic presidential candidate has adopted a number of leftwing positions, but is she as progressive as she sounds?When Kamala Harris speaks, she sure sounds like a progressive. In a speech on...
View ArticleWhy we're fighting the American Medical Association | Jonathan Michels, Will...
The AMA protects corporate interests, not doctors and patients – and now it’s trying to stop Medicare for AllThis Saturday, nurses, physicians, and medical students plan to walk out of their clinics...
View ArticleRoss Perot obituary
Independent candidate in the US presidential elections of 1992 and 1996 who founded his own partyThird party candidates rarely make much impact in US presidential elections – the system is too heavily...
View ArticleFor rural America, Medicare for All is a matter of life or death | Barb Kalbach
Insurance firms are gobbling up airtime in Iowa to attack Medicare for All. They claim it would hurt the very same hospitals their business model has spent years bleeding dryRural hospitals are often...
View ArticleThe 2020 US election hinges on the economy – it's time to start talking about it
Be it donald Trump or Elizabeth Warren, America urgently needs to start talking about candidates’ sharply diverging economic policiesA year from now, the US will elect its next president. The stakes...
View ArticleCash injection: could we cure all disease with a trillion dollars?
Could such a large amount of money end the Covid pandemic? Eradicate disease? Provide universal healthcare and fund vaccine research?You know that daydream where you suddenly come into a vast fortune?...
View ArticleWhy Medicare for All is a political headache: Politics Weekly Extra – podcast
The Guardian health reporter Jessica Glenza steps in for Jonathan Freedland this week. She speaks to Dr Abdul El-Sayed, co-author of a new book, Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide, about why the...
View ArticleCash injection: could we cure all disease with a trillion dollars? – podcast
Could such a large amount of money end the Covid pandemic? Eradicate disease? Provide universal healthcare and fund vaccine research? By Rowan HooperContinue reading...
View ArticleBiden declared victory over big pharma – but is it enough to sway senior voters?
The Inflation Reduction Act aims to reduce the cost of drugs, but the law’s limitations may not help the Democrats in the midtermsAt a Labor Day speech in Milwaukee, Joe Biden declared nothing less...
View Article‘Seniors are getting ripped off’: progressive congressman Mark Pocan on...
Pocan is introducing legislation prohibiting insurance companies from preying on seniors and marketing their plans as ‘Medicare’Democrats may not control the House of Representatives any more, but...
View ArticleJoe Biden attacks Republican ‘dream’ to slash Medicare and social security
President makes comments in Florida speech, vowing to safeguard programs ahead of anticipated 2024 re-election campaignJoe Biden amplified his attacks on Republicans over Medicare and social security...
View ArticleBernie Sanders: ‘Oligarchs run Russia. But guess what? They run the US as well’
The veteran senator is now part of Joe Biden’s inner circle, and is still fighting his country’s vast inequalitiesRead an extract from It’s OK to Be Angry About CapitalismAfter the State of the Union...
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