MedicareU

10/10/2022

10/08/2022

Calls for single-payer are coming from outside the American Medical Association—and show that doctors are not a single class of workers with a unified political view.

10/04/2022

Since Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont drove the idea of “Medicare for all,” or a single-payer health system, to the center of the political debate, few other issues have so divided the Democratic presidential candidates and voters. The result has been a cascade of competing assertions, estimates and statistics about the costs and effects of what would amount to a fundamental overhaul of the size and role of the government and the way Americans receive care.

09/30/2022

As Democratic primary candidates duel over healthcare reform, Insider polled to see what a popular universal healthcare could look like — and to gauge what Americans want to see covered in a national health insurance plan.

09/29/2022

Let’s be clear that NYSNA is advocating for a much-improved version of Medicare to be expanded to all residents. The nurses’ proposal is one that actually meets the healthcare needs of our patients: it is universal with more comprehensive benefits, and is much more affordable than the Medicare program as we know it.