Time to End the Medicare Advantage Scam ~~ Thom Hartman

https://hartmannreport.com/p/time-to-end-the-medicare-advantage

Roe v Wade died with barely a whimper. But that’s not all ~~ Laurence Tribe,

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/02/roe-v-wade-texas-abortion-law-us-constitution

~~ posted for dmorista with introduction by dmorista ~~

Medicare for ALL ~~ Article by Natalie Shure

https://portside.org/2021-07-27/well-never-fix-hospitals-price-gouging-if-we-dont-break-their-stranglehold-congress

M4A

Rather than force hospitals to be up front with patients about their costs, we should strip them of the power to set them.

SANDINISTA NICARAGUA, MORE DIGNIFIED AND VICTORIOUS THAN EVER By Carlos Fonseca Terán,

https://popularresistance.org/sandinista-nicaragua-more-dignified-and-victorious-than-ever/

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Op-Ed: Quit Ignoring Natural COVID Immunity ~~Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH, and Noah Kojima, MD

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/92836

~~ posted for a guest contributor ~~

Capitalism and Healthcare: The Con of “Nonprofit” Hospitals ~~ Merrily Mazza

https://www.leftvoice.org/capitalism-and-healthcare-the-con-of-nonprofit-

Nonprofit hospitals operate under the guise of “charity” in order to avoid paying taxes. Capitalist healthcare cannot safeguard public health — but a nationalized system under democratic, worker control can.

BEYOND THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SCAM ~~BY KAY TILLOW

 https://mltoday.com/beyond-the-medicare-advantage-scam/

We've Always Had the Money for Medicare for All - We've Just Given It to Corporations Instead ~~ David Sirota

readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/63543-weve-always-had-the-money-for-medicare-for-all-weve-just-given-it-to-corporations-instead

Since 2008, the US has spent $20–35 trillion on corporate bailouts. It’s about the same “unaffordable” amount that Medicare for All has been projected to cost — used for lining corporate pockets instead of providing health care to people who need it.

Dmorista on Covid-19 and Related Matters Can Capitalism Survive? PART 1 ~~ dmorista

This is the first installment of a series of articles that are generally entitled "Dmorista on Covid-19 and Related Matters Can Capitalism Survive?". There will be at least 4 or 5 more installments posted here at Leftist Politics.

CBO: Medicare for All Reduces Health Spending ~~Matt Bruenig

https://portside.org/2020-12-15/cbo-medicare-all-reduces-health-spending

Overall, the study confirms what serious Medicare for All analysts have known for some time now. It is possible to provide high-quality public health insurance to every person in the country while also saving money overall on health spending.

Capitalist Covid Catastrophe ~~ Martha Grevatt

https://www.workers.org/2020/12/53129/

It’s December 2020. The working class in the United States is facing a crisis of survival. It is the worst such crisis since the Great Depression, especially for the most oppressed.

The statistics are damning: One in six households face hunger; one in five workers are out of work; some 30 million renters and homeowners face homelessness in the coming winter months. The COVID death toll will hit 300,000 any day now. The virus is now the leading cause of death in the U.S., passing heart disease and cancer. Hospitals are unable to cope with the surge in COVID cases.

There could likely be half a million deaths before vaccines are widely available — more than double the 200,000 projected as a worst case scenario at the start of the pandemic.

What Could be Better Than a Drug That Can Stop Covid? A Society That Doesn’t Let Some Make Billions off a Drug Millions Can’t Access ~~ SAM PIZZIGATI

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/23/what-could-be-better-than-a-drug-that-can-stop-covid-a-society-that-doesnt-let-some-make-billions-off-a-drug-millions-cant-access/

Class Oppression and the Virus ~~ Deidre Griswold

https://www.workers.org/2020/11/52464/

~~ posted for Collectivist ~~

The United States continues to lead the world — in the number of COVID-19 cases as well as in deaths.

Meatpacking Workers Say Attendance Policies Force Them to Work With Covid-19 Symptoms. ~~ HEATHER SCHLITZ

https://inthesetimes.com/article/meatpacking-workers-attendance-policy-covid-19

As the pandemic rages, punitive attendance policies at corporate meat plants coerce sick workers into showing up, according to activists, experts and the workers themselves.

Paid Sick Leave and COVID 19

 

As Coronovirus Spreads, Which US Workers have Paid Sick Leave and Which Don't ~~ Drew Desilver

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/12/as-coronavirus-spreads-which-u-s-workers-have-paid-sick-leave-and-which-dont/