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UE weighs in on Washington health care proposals
... advocate of the “single-payer”, Medicare-for-all solution embodied in ... , public healthcare plans such as Medicare are able to offer premiums ... health insurance option similar to Medicare. Since the likelihood is growing ...
Labor leads coalition to victory over corporate drug lords
... alternative to Bush’s regressive Medicare drug bill recently passed by ... a huge step toward destroying Medicare via privatization, and guarantees increasingly ... higher prices by prohibiting Medicare from negotiating lower prices with ...
LETTERS: July 12
... my coverage only pays my Medicare deductible and co-pays. I ... could even save my life. Medicare pays for only standard stockings ... , which will end up costing Medicare far more then the stockings ...
Attention must be paid
... over if they are on Medicare. And, if corporate lobbyists get ... companies do. Those who believe Medicare will take care of them ... in retirement must realize Medicare typically covers only about half ...
Democracy crumbles under cover of darkness
... June, the House passed the Medicare privatization and prescription drug bill ... . The most sweeping changes to Medicare in its 38-year history ... speaker gaveled the vote closed; Medicare privatization had passed. You can ...
Study links poorer hospital care to racial segregation
... at separate hospitals, African-American Medicare patients suffering from heart attacks ... were more likely than white Medicare patients to be admitted to ... . 'For some of these elderly Medicare beneficiaries, living in a world ...
Capitol Hill swamped with calls for health care public option
... anniversary of the enactment of Medicare in 1965. During the fight ... to push through Medicare, he said, “Everybody in favor ... system. But today, he added, Medicare enjoys “extraordinary support. It works ...
Devil and details
... expenses that a typical retired Medicare recipient pays now. Both bills ... federal overpayments to the privatized Medicare Advantage programs created by the ... over 10 years. Second, fix Medicare and Medicaid repayment procedures to ...

The labor and peoples movements are in the house
... workers. HR 4 mandates that Medicare negotiate with drug companies for ... the first step toward improving Medicare — there are still tough issues ... privatization of Social Security and Medicare. Strong enough grassroots mobilization can ...

Bush budget: billions for greedy, bones for needy
... Bush’s proposal to slash Medicare by $75 billion and Medicaid ... program, together with Medicaid and Medicare, “has really reduced the number ... cuts in CHIP, Medicaid and Medicare “contravenes his explicit promise at ...
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