Medicare and Big business

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
View In: Medicare and Big business“Since 1998, in our corrupt political system, the private healthcare sector has spent more than $10.6 billion on lobbying and over the last 30 years it has spent more than $1.7 billion on campaign contributions to maintain the status quo.”

Truth Out
View In: Medicare and Big businessFinanced by powerful corporations and private equity firms, value-based payment threatens to take over health care.

Counter Punch
View In: Medicare and Big businessThose who say Congress is too corrupt to create a publicly funded system of universal health care are likely to be in for a surprise. Recent developments suggest that Americans may see Medicare for all within the next decade. However, since our system of privately funded elections inevitably leads t...

scheerpost.com
View In: Medicare and Big businessThe largest-ever Medicare premium increase will pad the pockets of insurance executives who donated millions to the president’s election campaign.

The Daily Poster
View In: Medicare and Big businessBiden’s expansion of a new, insidious form of for-profit Medicare is benefitting private equity firms and well-connected health care giants.

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
View In: Medicare and Big business“Tweaks aren't good enough—President Biden and Secretary Becerra must end this dangerous experiment immediately,” said one progressive healthcare advocate.