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Dr. William Bronston has a message for the single-payer movement. Boeing chose profit over innovation and safety. The Congressional Progressive Caucus Proposition Agenda Executive Summary is out! Dr. Bronston on single-payer. Watch Politics Done Right...
by Egberto Willies
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 01:01 PM PDT
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Chuck Pennacchio, President of One Payer States discusses Single-Payer healthcare in two states. Steve Schmidt on his former fascist Republican Party. Single-Payer Healthcare on the move Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 11:00 AM Central Video Zoom:...
by Egberto Willies
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on Fri May 06, 2022 at 01:00 PM PDT
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“Figures, right? The libs wanna give handouts to people who don’t have health insurance.Instead they want to make hardworking Americans pay for their medical bills. Hey, life ain’t fair. You wanna get health insurance? Getta job. I work hard for my...
by Omniarchy
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on Tue Apr 06, 2021 at 02:12 PM PDT
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Fareed Zakaria interviewed former Taiwanese VP Chen Chien-Jen who laid out how they managed to fight the pandemic effectively. It starts with a � "single-payer " system.
Single-payer is part of the ...
by Egberto Willies
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on Wed Sep 16, 2020 at 03:00 AM PDT
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9 Freedoms of Health Justice We, the People of the United States, demand comprehensive healthcare as a right, including (but not limited to) the following freedoms: 1. FREEDOM to obtain medically necessary care regardless of personal financial means....
by ari9999
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on Fri Aug 28, 2020 at 10:32 AM PDT
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My name is Patrick. I am a progressive. The medical care I receive from the VA in Reno NV is superb. As a service disabled Vietnam veteran, I benefit from a single payer health care system: office visit – no copay, no charge; urgent care /...
by plc775
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on Thu Feb 20, 2020 at 03:03 PM PST
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As the debate over health care heats up during the 2020 election cycle, it is challenging to separate truth from disinformation, memes, and outright lies by a defensive private health insurance industry and its corporate allies struggling to preserve...
by John Geyman
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on Mon Sep 16, 2019 at 09:32 AM PDT
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In yesterday’s mail I received a piece of propaganda from the above organization. On one side was the image of a woman with a startling resemblance to Kathleen Sebelius, Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services when the Affordable Care Act was...
by Deep Throat
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on Wed Sep 18, 2019 at 07:13 AM PDT
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Thom Hartmann was recently the guest on Politics Done Right . He discussed his new book " The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment ," impeachment, and Medicare for All.
Thom Hartmann is ...
by Egberto Willies
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on Tue Jun 04, 2019 at 02:00 AM PDT
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The Republc Party and their wealthy bankster, financial, and other “capitalist” overlords have long profited from disaster capitalism (one of the many signs capitalism, at least the US version of “capitalism”, is very sick, a topic for another day)....
by Dont Know Nothing
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on Sat Mar 16, 2019 at 12:39 PM PDT
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I have to say I haven't been too enthralled by any of the large crew of potential Democratic candidates for president... and then I watched Kamala Harris's town hall.
Up until then, my only feelings were that the three B's shouldn't run: Biden (too...
by Th0rn
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on Tue Jan 29, 2019 at 01:57 PM PST
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The stance Chuck Schumer took on Medicare for All during his appearance on MSNBC's Meet the Press is the reason many do not have faith in the Establishment Democrats. Chuck Todd did a great job in exposing his double talk on healthcare.
"Here's...
by Egberto Willies
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on Sun Dec 16, 2018 at 10:18 AM PST
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Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America:
If this November’s elections showed us anything, it’s that people are ready for fresh, bold, progressive leadership in Congress -- and Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Sun Dec 09, 2018 at 09:53 AM PST
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Now that Americans have shown both via the results of the election and the polls that what they want is Single-Payer Medicare for All, it is imperative that we are clear what it means. We must ensure that we do not allow neo-liberal politicians to...
by Egberto Willies
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on Sat Dec 01, 2018 at 03:51 PM PST
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Republicans have a problem with their voters, because their voters want Medicare for All, just like Democrats do.
A new poll shows that Medicare for All is a very popular policy for whichever party chooses to get behind it -- even with Republican...
by Th0rn
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on Mon Oct 22, 2018 at 07:14 PM PDT
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I got a call from a Politics Done Right listener who said he heard that Single-Payer Medicare for All would increase the taxes of most people and it would increase government expenditures. I told him that in fact, it would raise taxes for most but that...
by Egberto Willies
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on Fri Sep 14, 2018 at 10:05 AM PDT
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What’s the largest medical bill you’ve ever received? OK, I don’t want to make you sick thinking back on it, so I’ll tell you mine: Back in 2012, I was slapped with a hospital bill for half a million dollars, which is more than most Americans pay for...
by Blue Tuesday
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on Tue Aug 28, 2018 at 04:34 AM PDT
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Shefali Luthra for KHN https://khn.org/news/once-its-greatest-foes-doctors-are-embracing-single-payer/ (free republication permitted)
When the American Medical Association — one of the nation’s most powerful health care groups — met in...
by mettle fatigue
220 comments
on Fri Aug 10, 2018 at 06:56 AM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from Ben Jealous’ (D. MD) gubernatorial campaign:
Two headlines came out in The Baltimore Sun earlier this week:
Maryland analysts: Single-payer health care, ...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Jul 19, 2018 at 09:37 AM PDT
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So I highlighted Politico ’s story about how Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX) has been making health care a central issue in his U.S. Senate campaign to unseat U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R. TX):
Asked ...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Jul 16, 2018 at 10:37 PM PDT
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