Despite Stable Costs, More Are Uninsured as ‘Obamacare’ Sign-Ups Open

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / The Associated Press Oct 31, 2019 The program's complexity was always a problem, and many low-income people still don't understand they can get financial help with premiums. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Thousands of Poor Patients Face Lawsuits From Nonprofit Hospitals

Maya Miller and Beena Raghavendran / ProPublica Sep 13, 2019 Low-income patients are overcoming stigmas about poverty to speak out about nonprofit hospitals that sue them. Officials are noticing. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Corporate Media’s Embarrassing New Case for Joe Biden

Julie Hollar / FAIR Aug 14, 2019 Media insist that criticizing Obama will somehow hand the election over to Trump, but this storyline is just another way to defend Joe Biden. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The 2020 Election Hinges on Health Care

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig May 29, 2019 It’s far from the issue that media pundits or the president are talking about the most, but health care will be high on voters’ lists in 2020. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders Trounces Fox News on Its Own Turf

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 17, 2019 The senator demonstrates that the audience assembled for him by the right-wing channel is enthusiastic about his Medicare-for-all proposal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders Unveils His New ‘Medicare for All’ Plan

ELANA SCHOR and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / The Associated Press Apr 10, 2019 The Vermont senator shakes up the 2020 presidential race by reopening the debate over his call to eliminate private health insurance. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Repeal & Give-Us-A-Minute! (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Apr 4, 2019 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sanders Bets Big on Medicare-for-All

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 30, 2019 The health care revolution the Vermont senator boosted in 2016 seems even more crucial, to him and Americans, this time around. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Everybody Wants ‘Medicare for All’—Except Our Leaders

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Feb 7, 2019 The media is covering it, Republicans hate it, and Democrats won't commit to it. But what is most important is that the public wants it. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Democrats Roll Out Big Health Care Proposals in the States

SALLY HO and GEOFF MULVIHILL / The Associated Press Jan 12, 2019 The first full week of state legislative sessions sees a flurry of plans to expand health care while lowering costs. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ralph Nader: Canada’s Health Care System Puts America’s to Shame

Ralph Nader / Common Dreams Dec 26, 2018 Cost complexity is built into the structure of the Affordable Care Act. "Medicare for all" offers a simple, comprehensive solution. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump and the GOP Will Live to Regret the Obamacare Repeal Ruling

Bill Blum / Truthdig Dec 19, 2018 Voiding the act would hurt so many Americans so gravely that even the Republican Party's expert messaging machine might be overmatched. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )