Medicare

Protest demands Biden administration terminate Medicare privatization scheme

August 4, 2022 By Tim Wheeler

Seattle coalition pushes HHS Secretary Becerra to end ACO REACH, a program which hands over control of Medicare services to private for-profit providers.

Workers at call centers serving Medicare stage two-day strike

May 25, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

At $9.50 an hour they were told to pay $5,000 a year for their health benefits.

Wall Street moves to privatize Medicare

April 6, 2022 By Tim Wheeler

In Congress, Rep. Pramila Jayapal is leading the resistance. On the ground, it’s groups like Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action.

So-called Dem ‘moderates’ sabotage Medicare power to bargain drug prices

September 17, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Drug companies relying on Dems they have in their pockets to keep curbs on big pharma out of the reconciliation package.

Sanders: la expansión de Medicare de Biden es un paso hacia Medicare para todos

August 31, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Sanders describió su posición en una reciente conferencia telefónica con los activistas del sindicato con sede en Oakland, California.