healthcare

Keystone State legislator ramps up single-payer health care struggle

July 31, 2017 By Ben Sears

Pennsylvania state Rep. Pamela DiLissio says a system driven by insurance companies will never meet citizens’ needs. Only single-payer health care can.

AFL-CIO Executive Council backs Medicare for All

July 31, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

Endorsement of single-payer government-run health care marked a new phase in labor’s crusade to reform the U.S. health care system.

Nation relieved for now after Trumpcare goes down in flames

July 28, 2017 By Erica Werner And Alan Fram

Millions will sleep better tonight, having won a reprieve from the relentless Republican drive to ram through Trumpcare.

Quality health care is a basic human right

July 27, 2017 By AFL-CIO

Millions of working adults would be cut off from Medicaid, and the children, people with disabilities, seniors, and pregnant women who count on it could be next.

Republicans explore multiple “gut and run” repeal strategies

July 26, 2017 By Patrick J. Foote

Given the lack of sufficient support for anything they’ve proposed so far, the Senate Republican leadership is exploring a new path: the so-called “skinny repeal.”