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Tim Higginbotham

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There's Never Been a Better Time for Us to End Private Health Insurance Than Right Now

There's Never Been a Better Time for Us to End Private Health Insurance Than Right Now

Jacobin Magazine — The coronavirus crisis will lead to health insurance premium increases by up to 40 percent next year. We can't afford that. Instead of seeing premiums skyrocket or bailing out private health companies, we need to seize this moment to abolish private insurance and create a single, national insurance plan.
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"Medicare-for-all" means something. Don't let moderates water it down.

"Medicare-for-all" means something. Don't let moderates water it down.

Vox — Outside contributors' opinions and analysis of the most important issues in politics, science, and culture. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat 10-term House Democrat Joe Crowley in New York's 14th District - the political upset of the year - in part because she championed Medicare-for-all (in addition to free college tuition and a jobs guarantee, among other progressive policies).
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Don't Blame the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend

Don't Blame the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend

People's Policy Project — Alaska governor Mike Dunleavy recently gutted his state's budget by over $440 million with a slew of line-item vetoes. Among them: a 40 percent cut in funding to the University of Alaska, a $58 million cut to the state's Medicaid program, and deep slashes to senior benefits, homeless services, low-income legal services, early education programs, and women's shelters.
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Medicare for All Is Even Better Than You Thought

Medicare for All Is Even Better Than You Thought

Jacobin Magazine — Medicare for All advocates just received an early holiday present: a new study from the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst finds that single-payer health care will save the US $5.1 trillion over a decade while drastically cutting working-class Americans' health spending.
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Bernie Sanders Must Take the Gloves off Against Joe Biden Tonight

Bernie Sanders Must Take the Gloves off Against Joe Biden Tonight

Jacobin Magazine — It's now or never: in his debate with Joe Biden tonight, Bernie Sanders must make clear that Biden's track record and policy proposals are nowhere near sufficient to meet the challenge of coronavirus, our multiple crises of health care and inequality, or defeat Donald Trump. Bernie can't hold back any longer.
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We Don't Want a Public Option - We Want Medicare for All

We Don't Want a Public Option - We Want Medicare for All

Jacobin Magazine — Bernie Sanders sealed Medicare for All's place in the popular imagination with his 2016 presidential run. Ever since, its popularity has continued to grow: multiple recent polls show that 70 percent of Americans support the single-payer policy, which would cover all American residents through a comprehensive, national insurance plan.
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Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Everything - Except Health Care

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Everything - Except Health Care

Jacobin Magazine — In a recent MSNBC town hall, Elizabeth Warren put her policy platform on full display. Through emotional, personal anecdotes and with a depth of understanding, Warren gave the impression of a candidate well-aware of the problems faced by working Americans and armed with the policies needed to solve them.
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The Wrong Way to End Austerity in Alaska

The Wrong Way to End Austerity in Alaska

Jacobin Magazine — Alaska governor Mike Dunleavy recently gutted his state's budget by over $440 million with a slew of line-item vetoes. Among them: a 40 percent cut in funding to the University of Alaska, a $58 million cut to the state's Medicaid program, and deep slashes to senior benefits, homeless services, low-income legal services, early education programs, and women's shelters.
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Kamala Harris's Phony Medicare for All Plan

Kamala Harris's Phony Medicare for All Plan

Jacobin Magazine — Kamala Harris has long said she supports Medicare for All. It's now clearer than ever that she really wants anything but. Her new health-care plan - which steals the name of Bernie Sanders's popular single-payer bill despite looking nothing like it - is a slap in the face to single-payer supporters.
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The Washington Post's War on Bernie Continues

The Washington Post's War on Bernie Continues

Jacobin Magazine — The war on Bernie Sanders carried out by the Washington Post is unfair, dishonest, and never-ending. As long as Sanders stands with workers in opposition to the bosses and billionaires who own the media, he can expect more of the same treatment.
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Joe Lie-den

Joe Lie-den

Jacobin Magazine — Joe Biden can't stop lying. He lies for popularity, he lies to protect billionaires' profits, and he lies to cover his own misdeeds. If he were to quit lying, Biden would be exposed for who he actually is: a happy stooge of industry trying to squash the rising demand for a better world.
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Bernie Is Pushing for Nothing Less Than Medicare for All, Again

Bernie Is Pushing for Nothing Less Than Medicare for All, Again

Jacobin Magazine — Today, Bernie Sanders introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2019 into the Senate with fourteen co-sponsors. The single-payer proposal presents a clear alternative both to Donald Trump's attempts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and the Democratic leadership's stubborn insistence on reforming it incrementally.
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Thanks, Obama?

Thanks, Obama?

Jacobin Magazine — For the first time in over a decade, Barack Obama is a Medicare for All supporter. On September 7 in Illinois, Obama promoted the idea while campaigning for Democrats ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. "Democrats aren't just running on good old ideas like a higher minimum wage," he said, "they're running on good new ideas like Medicare for All."
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Elizabeth Warren's Next Step on Medicare for All

Elizabeth Warren's Next Step on Medicare for All

Jacobin Magazine — After months of equivocation on the topic of health care, Elizabeth Warren firmly supported Bernie Sanders's Medicare for All bill during the first Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign. When the candidates were asked if they would support abolishing private insurance in favor of a single-payer program, Warren raised her hand before saying straightforwardly: " I'm with Bernie on Medicare for All."
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Elizabeth Warren Still Isn't Getting Specific on Medicare for All

Elizabeth Warren Still Isn't Getting Specific on Medicare for All

Jacobin Magazine — Elizabeth Warren's stance on health care reform has been murky throughout her campaign, so her health care plank announced last week was welcome. Unfortunately, that plank still doesn't answer some fundamental questions about where exactly she stands on Medicare for All.
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Elizabeth Warren Is Jeopardizing Our Fight for Medicare for All

Elizabeth Warren Is Jeopardizing Our Fight for Medicare for All

Jacobin Magazine — The question of how to pay for Medicare for All has always irked single-payer advocates, mostly because we've always known that paying for it is easy - the United States is the wealthiest country on earth, and we're spending far more now than we would be under Medicare for All.
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The 5 Biggest Lies Joe Biden Is Telling About Medicare for All

The 5 Biggest Lies Joe Biden Is Telling About Medicare for All

Jacobin Magazine — Ever since Joe Biden kicked off his 2020 presidential campaign by attending a big-dollar fundraiser with a major health insurance CEO, it was clear that he would define his health care platform in direct opposition to Medicare for All. The release of his underwhelming BidenCare plan brings no surprises on that front.
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Democrats Should Fight Trump With Medicare For All

Democrats Should Fight Trump With Medicare For All

Jacobin Magazine — Democratic leadership have now signaled to voters what their party would look like in power, by introducing their vision for American health care policy: the laughably named Protecting Pre-existing Conditions and Making Healthcare More Affordable Act.
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Don't Let Beto O'Rourke Kill Medicare for All

Don't Let Beto O'Rourke Kill Medicare for All

Jacobin Magazine — After flip-flopping on health reform for years, Beto O'Rourke claims his public-option bill is a path to Medicare for All. It isn't - the bill's means-tested approach will pit working people against each another, keep private insurance companies afloat, and stop M4A's momentum.
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A Public Option is Not a Solution | DSA Medicare for All

A Public Option is Not a Solution | DSA Medicare for All

dsausa.org — A Public Option is Not a Solution If we want health reform that survives non-stop attempts to dismantle it, everyone needs to benefit. Bernie Sanders sealed Medicare for All's place in the popular imagination with his 2016 presidential run.
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