Everyone in the U.S. except some Republicans would agree that healthcare should be an inalienable right and not a privilege for the American people. And to channel Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), “healthcare is a human right.” All Americans should be able to visit the doctor when they’re sick and not go bankrupt after a hospital stay. Truth be told, any […]
Well, that was quick—and predictable. By John Atcheson Both Sanders and Warren have come up with viable plans for funding Medicare for all. The neoliberal establishment and the conservatives have been going after Sanders’ approach by raising the specter-of-middle class tax increases. Sanders seems to trust that people will understand that if the tax increase is less than what they’re […]
President Obama in his recent weekly address said, “If one of the best measures of a country is how it treats its more vulnerable citizens — seniors, the poor, the sick — then America has a lot to be proud of.” He stated that before Social Security, many seniors lived in poverty and before Medicare only half had some form […]
