15 Million People Could Lose Coverage as Nightmarish Medicaid ‘Purge’ Begins
“I feel sick,” said one physician. “Medicaid is not enough: we need seamless, lifelong universal care now.”
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Health Systems of Dozens of Countries Near ‘Total Collapse’ Due to Oxygen Shortages
“If oxygen capacity is there for mining companies to extract, the capacity must be there for the health system to save lives.”
Sanders Bill to Tax ‘Obscene’ Pandemic Windfall of Billionaires Would Empower Medicare to Cover Every American for One Year
“By taxing 60% of the wealth gains made by just 467 billionaires during this horrific pandemic, we could guarantee healthcare as a right for an entire year.”
The Democrats’ COBRA Proposal Is an Insurance Industry Bailout
We keep handing more money to the very for-profit insurance industry that is failing us.
As One of the Largest Bailouts in History Looms, “Crisis-Ridden” Corporations Reap Record Profits
Once again it appears that big business will get bailed out while the American people get sold out.
As Coronavirus Spreads, IMF Cancels 6 Months of Debt Payments for 25 Poorest Nations
The International Monetary Fund approved $500 million on Monday to cancel six months of debt payments for 25 of the world’s most impoverished countries so they can help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
An Experimental Peptide Could Block Covid-19
MIT chemists are testing a protein fragment that may inhibit coronaviruses’ ability to enter human lung cells.
MIT-Based Team Works to Rapidly Deploy Open-Source, Low-Cost Ventilator For As Little As $400 In Parts
Clinical and design considerations will be published online; goal is to support rapid scale-up of device production to alleviate hospital shortages.
Bailouts for the Rich, the Virus for the Rest of Us
The rich will reap benefits while workers get sick and die. It is finance capitalism that is being bailed out in the tune of $5 trillion, while some eligible Americans might receive a single measly $1200 check that is supposed to save them from economic catastrophe.
Coronavirus Proves It: We Need Medicare For All
Health care rationing isn’t what awaits us in a single-payer system. It’s happening now in our failed for-profit system.
‘This Is a Massive Scandal’: Trump FDA Grants Drug Company Exclusive Claim on Promising Coronavirus Drug
“It is insane and unacceptable,” said Bernie Sanders. “We will not tolerate profiteering. Any treatment or vaccine must be made free for all.”
At ‘Shock Doctrine Press Conference,’ Trump Bails Out Oil Industry, Not US Families, as Coronavirus Crisis Intensifies
“Trump has once again put the interests of oil and gas executives ahead of the interests of people and communities.”
Up to 150 Million Americans Expected to Contract Coronavirus
Congressional doctor expects between 70 to 150 million Americans to contract the coronavirus.
91% of Peer-Reviewed Papers Find Medicare for All Would Save Public Money, Cover Everyone
An analysis of peer-reviewed scientific papers found overwhelming consensus in the conclusion that Medicare for All would indeed save the American taxpayer money.
Medicare for All or Profits for a Few
On a level democratic playing field, the for-profit healthcare industry’s fear mongering would gain little traction, as its talking points are easily refuted.