The ‘Public Option’ on Health Care Is a Poison Pill The ‘Public Option’ on Health Care Is a Poison Pill
Some Democratic candidates are pushing it as a free-choice version of Medicare for All. That’s good rhetoric but bad policy.
Oct 7, 2019 / Feature / David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler
Who Doesn’t Love Private Health Insurance? Who Doesn’t Love Private Health Insurance?
Some days, arguing with your representative over the phone is the only human connection you have.
Aug 7, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Medicare for All Needs a Change of Message Medicare for All Needs a Change of Message
Single payer is essential, but most voters still don’t get that.
Jun 6, 2019 / Colin McAuliffe
Health Care in the US Should Be Affordable and Accessible Health Care in the US Should Be Affordable and Accessible
America’s broken health-care system extorts its patients just so they can access a basic human right.
May 9, 2019 / Beverly Gologorsky
What Happened to New York’s Plans for Single-Payer Health Care? What Happened to New York’s Plans for Single-Payer Health Care?
The Albany machine is working to torpedo the New York Health Act—again.
May 2, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz
Want to Expand Medicare? Then Answer the $5 Trillion Questions. Want to Expand Medicare? Then Answer the $5 Trillion Questions.
If you think the fight with insurance companies is tough, just wait until single-payer advocates have to go head-to-head with doctors.
Apr 26, 2019 / Mike Konczal
In the Bronx, AOC Advocates for a ‘VA for All’ In the Bronx, AOC Advocates for a ‘VA for All’
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez breaks with Democratic Party orthodoxy and decries the privatization of the Veterans Administration.
Apr 18, 2019 / Jasper Craven
The Human-Rights Agenda Underlying the 2019 Medicare for All Bill The Human-Rights Agenda Underlying the 2019 Medicare for All Bill
The main questions is not how much universal health care will cost but how we provide for basic human rights.
Mar 20, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Richard Gottfried’s Health-Care Crusade Is Paying Off Richard Gottfried’s Health-Care Crusade Is Paying Off
The NY State Assembly member has spent 27 years advocating for statewide health care. Now, his colleagues in Albany are finally catching up.
Mar 1, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz
Why the Decision Declaring Obamacare Unconstitutional Will Be Reversed Why the Decision Declaring Obamacare Unconstitutional Will Be Reversed
The only immediate effect of Judge Reed O’Connor’s fundamentally flawed ruling will be to underscore Republicans’ political weakness.
Dec 18, 2018 / David Cole