‘Medicare for All’ Would Help Heal the Income Gap

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 7, 2020 The benefits of such a plan far outweigh the costs to the uppermost strata of American taxpayers. Dig deeper ( 5 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 )

Why Republicans Can Get Away With Killing Minimum Wage Increase

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig May 1, 2014 On Wednesday the Senate failed to pass an increase in the minimum wage, even though two-thirds of Americans want it. How can this be? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese

BLANK Nov 3, 2013 What emerges from the duo's reckoning of promises broken by Obama's "health care" law is the sense that nothing pledged to an ailing, exhausted and impoverished public is sure to be delivered.What emerges from the duo's reckoning of promises broken by Obama's "health care" law is the sense that nothing pledged to an ailing and exhausted public is sure to be delivered. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Anonymous Obamacare Explainer

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 10, 2013 Mindful of the bewildering complexity of the issues they report, the best journalists are also teachers who patiently explain the deep meanings and consequences of their findings in language literate audiences can understand. With the Affordable Care Act going into full effect in less than a year, a detailed lesson on how it will impact many Americans' finances is urgent.With the Affordable Care Act going into full effect soon, a lesson on its financial impact is urgent. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama on Reddit: Overturn Citizens United

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 30, 2012 During an "Ask me anything" session on the social news website Reddit, President Obama tepidly suggested “mobilizing a constitutional amendment process to overturn Citizens United” in the days ahead. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Health Care: Give the People What They Want

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 21, 2012 Most Americans want pretty much the same outcome from health care reform, and it's not what either major-party candidate is offering. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fighting Corporations and a Death Sentence

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2011 Four years after a health insurance company decided her life wasn’t worth saving, 18-year-old Miran Istina, who suffers from myelogenous leukemia, has dedicated her struggle to the global fight against the corporate control of politics. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Virginia Judge Opens Fire on Health Care Reform

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2010 It's not like nobody saw this coming, but Monday, one Judge Henry E Hudson of Richmond, Va, kicked off the next round of attacks on what the right still likes to call "Obamacare" by contesting the constitutionality . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Difference Between Liberalism and Progressivism

David Sirota / Truthdig Mar 26, 2010 Even as the word progressive is now ubiquitous, a perverted form of liberalism has almost completely snuffed out genuine progressivism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Makes Health Care Reform Official

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2010 After months of partisan bickering, "Obamacare" paranoia and tea-party whimsy, President Obama made the health care reform bill law on Tuesday, signing it with studied deliberation as Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others from among Fox News' most beloved federal officials looked on.After months of partisan bickering, "Obamacare" paranoia and tea-party whimsy, President Obama signed the health care reform bill into law on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Health Care Bill Watch 2010: Left Frustrated, Right Readies Attack

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2010 Things were getting snippy on both sides of the aisle Thursday as Congress prepared for the next -- and oh please, let it be the final -- showdown over health care reform Take, for example, the words of Republican Rep Mike Pence, who told a tea-party-friendly crowd this week (continued) . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )