Duct Tape Can’t Fix This: The Fight for Medicare for All and ACA Survival
By: Joshua Scheer In between two Common Dreams articles, they reported a tweet from Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen telling us what we already know: the time is now for…
Our Healthcare System Is Broken — And Both Parties Keep Making It Worse
By Joshua Scheer This has to be one of the most bizarre situations imaginable: Republicans discussing healthcare premiums as if they genuinely care about the issue. The public sees through…
Medicare for All Tops Sanders’ Prescription to ‘Make America Healthy Again’
"Our real problem is not so much a healthcare crisis as it is a political and economic one," he wrote in an op-ed.
US Medalist’s Experience of Free Healthcare in Olympic Village Bolsters Case for Medicare for All
By Edward Carver / Common Dreams U.S. Olympic rugby player Ariana Ramsey became a sensation on social media this week after documenting a series of free healthcare visits in the…
I’m a Former Surgeon General and I Couldn’t Believe My $10k Medical Bill
Everyone must be able to access necessary care without fear of financial ruin
Ralph Nader: Drug Price Showdown Time for Chairman Bernie Sanders
By Ralph Nader It is showdown time. Senator Bernie Sanders, new chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee versus Big Pharma. The self-described “democratic socialist” from a…
Debt, Overcrowding, or Death: America’s Very Broken Healthcare System
Despite the lack of universal healthcare coverage in the US, the country spends significantly more on healthcare related costs than comparable countries.
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.
Denial of Mental Healthcare: ‘Your Therapist Will See You Now or Will They?’
The denial of timely mental health care is immoral and unethical and it's the reason why therapists employed by Kaiser are on strike in Northern California and Hawai'i.
The Federal Reserve Is Wrong: Corporations Should Pay To Stop Inflation, Not Workers
The Federal Reserve says wages should go down to get inflation under control. What if we just stopped corporate profiteering and the lax rules that make it possible?
Medicare for All Could Have Prevented More Than 338,000 US Covid Deaths: Study
"Healthcare reform is long overdue in the U.S.," said the lead author of a new study. "Americans are needlessly losing lives and money."
As Covid Deaths Hit 800k, Sanders Says Medicare for All Needed to End ‘Vulgarity’ of US Health System
After nearly two years of the coronavirus pandemic and 800,000 deaths caused by the virus, Bernie Sanders says it is time to enact Medicare for All.
Who’s Afraid of Nina Turner?
Nina Turner is very scary -- to power brokers who’ve been spending big money and political capital to keep her out of Congress.
U.S. Military Document Puts Socialists in Same Category as Neo-Nazis
The Navy's new counterterrorism training guide says that socialists are "political terrorists," just like neo-Nazis.
Medicare for All Could Save My Life
My insurance says my cancer drugs aren’t “medically necessary.” No one should have to fight for care like this.