The public wants Congress to bring down prescription drug costs, and Congress appears to be taking this issue seriously. A bi-partisan Senate drug bill would lower the price of new prescription drugs...
Diane Archer
Medicare for All benefits union members
Vice President Joe Biden is wrong. Medicare for All benefits union members. Instead of their negotiated health care benefits, with Medicare for All, union members would have improved health care...
Medicare for All would give Americans more disposable income
Most Americans do not have enough savings to carry them through retirement. In large part, that’s because the rising costs of employer health coverage has kept wages down, preventing people...
Older adults will play a big role in 2020 presidential election
Older adults represent a large and increasingly larger voting bloc. They will play a big role in the 2020 presidential election. In 2016, they voted for President Trump. But, the Wall Street Journal...
Without pensions, more people rely on Social Security
Axios reports that, increasingly, companies are doing away with pensions. As a result, younger adults are unlikely to have pensions, putting their retirement security at risk. Most probably, they...
Top Social Security questions and answers
The New York Times answered the top Social Security questions from its readers. Question 1. Is Social Security in good financial shape? Social Security is in good financial shape today and at least...
With Medicare for All, Bernie Sanders moved the Democratic Party...
Osita Nwanevu reports for the New Yorker on how Senator Bernie Sanders has single-handedly moved the Democratic Party left on health care with his vision of Medicare for All. Medicare for All would...
Trump Administration has new plans for Medicare
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to mislead people about their health plan options and steer them into Medicare Advantage plans, the Wall Street Journal reports that...
Major problems with Medicare Plan Finder
Not long ago, advocacy groups called out the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for misleading the public about Medicare Advantage plans–private insurance plans that offer...
Why haven’t Democrats taken on the hospital industry?
David Dayen writes in The American Prospect that Democrats lack the guts to take on the hospital industry. But, Democrats like Senators Sanders and Warren, have plenty of guts and fully appreciate...