NYT Obscured Worst Harms of Trump’s Budget
Conor Smyth is a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied history and political science.
‘Under Cover of Night,’ GOP Unveils Plan to Kick Over 8 Million Off Medicaid
"This bill confirms what we've been saying all along: Trump and Republicans have been lying when they claim they aren't going to cut Medicaid and take away people's healthcare."
‘Unfit for Office’? Fetterman’s Fitness Questioned Amid Reports of Erratic Behavior
"We can agree or disagree on Fetterman's politics," wrote one journalist, "but I don't see how anyone can look at what's happening on a human level... and not think that…
President Trump’s Proposal to Eliminate Income Taxes: Can It Be Done?
By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost In February, President Trump said that tariffs would generate so much income that Americans would no longer need to pay income taxes. The…
Senate GOP Fuels Privatization Fears by Confirming ‘Quack Grifter’ Dr. Oz
The new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator joins "a team of snake oil salesmen and anti-science flunkies that have already shown disdain for the American people and their…
Millions Sick and Untreated, Thanks to Medicaid ‘Unwinding’
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch During the pandemic, poor people did not have to renew their Medicaid annually. Now that covid is supposedly over, that has changed. Unwinding, in normal…
The New York Times Has Decided We Need to Cut Social Security and Medicare
By Dean Baker / Beat the Press (CEPR) The New York Times editorial board came to a shocking realization this week: we are living on borrowed money. That was the…
Profiteering Against the Public Interest: Privatization of Health Care by Unitedhealth Group
By John P. Geyman / CounterPunch Privatization of public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid has been proceeding rapidly in recent years with little coverage by the media of its…
Sanders Excoriates ‘Unprecedented’ Greed of Big Pharma During Pandemic
The senator asked if it is "morally acceptable that tens of thousands of people die each year in this country because they cannot afford the medicine their doctors prescribe, while…
Medicare Advantage Is Neither Medicare Nor an Advantage
Medicare Advantage is a money-making scam. I should know. I helped to sell it.
Briahna Joy Gray: Inside Biden’s DIRTY MONEY Insurance Scheme
Briahna Joy Gray makes the case that the American healthcare system will only change if voters' standards change.
Ralph Nader: How Raphael Warnock Could Win the Georgia Run-off
Instead of dittoheading, Warnock should highlight the following very popular policies if he wants to win the December senatorial election.
Medical Debt Is a Rip-Off
Health care giants aren’t just making care more expensive. They’re putting Americans in debt bondage.
Big Pharma Has Raised Drug Prices 1,186 Times This Year, Analysis Shows
"We must put an end to drug corporations' unfettered ability to dictate prices at the expense of patients."
Ralph Nader: Going for Big Watch on Big Budgets
Ralph Nader outlines how $1 billion per year could be spent lobbying Congress for a people’s agenda.