Healthcare Access & Costs

2+ hour, 3+ min ago   (76+ words) Washington Examiner “Medicare for all” is an oddly honest name for a socialized healthcare system. A single-payer system, after all, can work only if you compel everyone to be part of the “all.” Progressives are endlessly telling us how much…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (537+ words) By Elisabeth Rosenthal, KFF Health News As Americans grow increasingly frustrated with their healthcare system, a proposal that has long been kicked around on the Democratic periphery is showing up in debates and on political platforms: “Medicare for All.” According…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (988+ words) By Kate Wells, KFF Health News LANSING, Mich. — Christina Starks-Clay doesn’t know how “Medicare for All” would work exactly, but she’s willing to bet it’d be better than what she has now. She tried to talk herself down at the…...

3+ hour, 59+ min ago   (612+ words) Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful made three stops across the Upper Peninsula Thursday. A whirlwind fall tour of the Upper Peninsula began at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. Five hundred people packed into the “Miracle of Life” Pavilion at lunchtime to…...

3+ hour, 58+ min ago   (779+ words) WILLIAMSBURG — During a Thursday luncheon event at the Colonial Heritage Club, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner called for moving toward universal health coverage, establishing safeguards for artificial intelligence and rebuilding bipartisan cooperation. Former Republican state Sen. Tommy Norment moderated the discussion,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (220+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rick Scott introduced a new video message in his “Rescuing America” project to highlight how the federal government broke the healthcare system and raised prices, and how to fix it. As an example, Senator Scott proposed…...

4+ hour, 56+ min ago   (356+ words) Under the theme “Money in Your Pocket,” El-Sayed put his views on AI, on farming, on trade, on education, on housing, on data centers and more. Much of it is standard Democratic boilerplate. On “Meet the Press” Sunday, El-Sayed made…...

5+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1699+ words) Democratic ads in multiple congressional races are accusing Republican candidates of “gutting Medicare,” voting for “huge cuts to Medicare” and “cheering on Trump’s attack on Medicare.” Several ads cite President Donald Trump’s major domestic policy law, the One Big Beautiful…...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago   (570+ words) Oct 16, 2026 at 09:09 AM EDT Critically, a new Axios-Ipsos poll suggests a more fundamental reconsideration of the system. Some 43 percent support Medicare for All, compared with 24 percent opposed and 32 percent unsure. And 66 percent favor greater federal spending to lower health care…...

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