By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, January 5, 2022

The physician-led effort to kill a Trump-era Medicare privatization scheme gained fresh momentum Wednesday as Rep. Pramila Jayapal—the chair

By Kip Sullivan, J.D.
Minnesota Physician, January 2022

This year marks the 50th anniversary of a law that permitted health insurance companies to participate in Medicare. The

By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, December 30, 2021

Calls are mounting for President Joe Biden to terminate an under-the-radar Trump-era pilot program that—if allowed to run its

By Laura Weiss
The New Republic, December 17, 2021

After decades of efforts by advocates fighting in the trenches of America’s ongoing opioid crisis, harm reduction is

December 15, 2021

Single-payer activist Scott Desnoyers tells the story of his son Danny, whose loss of critical medication after a $20 missed premium payment led

By Donavyn Coffey
Medscape, December 14, 2021
A medical school has changed its tune about a controversial student club after being sued for initially rejecting the group.

By Ryan Grim and Austin Ahlman
The Intercept, December 14 2021

In the final stretch of the Trump administration, government attorneys expressed ethics concerns about a Medicare privatization

By Helaine Olen
Washington Post, December 13, 2021
Donald Trump claimed to be a staunch supporter of Medicare. Yet he repeatedly attempted to slash the program’s budget

Elder Law Answers, December 10, 2021

The Biden administration is moving forward with a Trump-era pilot program that would hand over the care of millions of

By Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Susan Rogers, M.D.
The Hill, December 9, 2021
Every year on July 30, advocates across the nation bake cakes and hold

By Ryan Grim
Hill.TV, Rising, December 9, 2021

Host Ryan Grim outlines the dangers of private equity taking over Traditional Medicare; the revolving door politics that allows