To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passage of Medicare, advocates for universal healthcare rallied at the Lincoln Memorial, saying that the private insurance industry is raising costs for millions of Americans while worsening the quality of care. Key speakers included Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party presidential candidate, Dr. Robert […]
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Opponents of fast track trade legislation temporarily disrupted a Senate Finance Committee hearing Wednesday morning. Congressional police warned them they would be ejected from the meeting if they persisted. More than half a dozen officers were at the meeting in anticipation of a disruption. Mackenzie McDonald-Wilkins, who held up a […]
At a panel hosted by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Capitol Hill today, advocates for single payer healthcare criticized the current system in the U.S. as inefficient, expensive and delivering poor results in comparison to wealthy nations who offer universal health coverage to their citizens. “We have a completely irrational […]