Health Care

A young man holds up a sign at a recent rally against the repeal of the ACA

The Stark Difference Between Republicans and Democrats on Health Care Couldn’t Be Clearer The Stark Difference Between Republicans and Democrats on Health Care Couldn’t Be Clearer

More and more Americans understand that health care should be a basic right, not a commodity that you purchase if you can afford it.

Sep 19, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sanders in California

‘Single Payer Is a Rational Health-Care System’: An Exclusive Interview With Bernie Sanders on His ‘Medicare for All’ Plan ‘Single Payer Is a Rational Health-Care System’: An Exclusive Interview With Bernie Sanders on His ‘Medicare for All’ Plan

The senator from Vermont explains why there is now so much interest in bold reform of America’s health-care system.

Sep 13, 2017 / John Nichols

Bernie on TPP

The Progressives in the Democratic Party Keep Marching Forward The Progressives in the Democratic Party Keep Marching Forward

Savvy Democrats and progressives must focus on driving a bold new agenda and winning in 2018 and 2020.

Sep 12, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A girl stands holding a sign alongside supporters of the Affordable Care Act at a rally in Denver on Tuesday, January 31, 2017.

The War on Medicaid Is Moving to the States The War on Medicaid Is Moving to the States

Congressional Republicans failed to gut the program this summer, but now it’s under siege from GOP governors. 

Aug 31, 2017 / Greg Kaufmann

Ain Issa refugee camp

The Middle East’s Wars Are Creating a Lost Generation The Middle East’s Wars Are Creating a Lost Generation

The children who live through these conflicts could be scarred for decades.

Aug 22, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Medicare for All rally

Can Medicare for All Succeed? Can Medicare for All Succeed?

Some readers took issue with Joshua Holland’s recent article on the challenges of achieving universal health coverage through Medicare expansion.

Aug 16, 2017 / Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein, Ida Hellander, and Joshua Holland

Medicare for all at Trump Tower

Medicare-for-All Isn’t the Solution for Universal Health Care Medicare-for-All Isn’t the Solution for Universal Health Care

The health-care debate is moving to the left. But if progressives don’t start sweating the details, we’re going to fail yet again.

Aug 2, 2017 / Joshua Holland

Health-care protest

Is State-Level Single Payer Within Reach? Is State-Level Single Payer Within Reach?

Scandinavian-style health care is part of at least one candidate’s platform for 2018.

Aug 1, 2017 / Ann Jones

Anti-deportation protest

Hold JPMorgan Chase Accountable for Profiting Off Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants Hold JPMorgan Chase Accountable for Profiting Off Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants

You can also show your support for workers in a Nissan plant in Mississippi and lobby your members of Congress to think beyond resistance.

Aug 1, 2017 / NationAction

A worker assembles a football helmet in Lowell, Massachusetts.

The NFL’s Concussion Calamity The NFL’s Concussion Calamity

Dr. Chris Nowinski of the Concussion Legacy Foundation on a groundbreaking new study on CTE.

Aug 1, 2017 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

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