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Saturday, December 14, 2024 ■ The Week in Review
"Seniors deserve a CMS leader who will protect and strengthen Medicare—not someone like Dr. Oz who wants to privatize this vital and hugely popular program for great personal gain," said the head of Accountable.US.By Jessica Corbett • Dec 13, 2024
One critic said UnitedHealth Group chief executive Andrew Witty should "resign and then dedicate every dollar he has to dismantling the current system brick by brick and building one based on public health in its stead."By Jake Johnson • Dec 13, 2024
"In 2024, these billionaire families used their enormous wealth to make record-breaking political contributions to secure a GOP trifecta," reads a new report.By Julia Conley • Dec 13, 2024
The president-elect's advisers are reportedly discussing plans to shrink or eliminate key bank watchdogs, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.By Jake Johnson • Dec 13, 2024
"Killing people is not the way we're going to reform our healthcare system," he said. "The way we're going to reform our healthcare system is having people come together."By Jessica Corbett • Dec 12, 2024
"State-sanctioned murder is not justice, and President Biden has an opportunity and an obligation to save lives," Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley said earlier this week.By Jake Johnson • Dec 12, 2024
"Instead of fighting the rising cost of healthcare, gas, or groceries, this Congress prioritized rewarding the wealthy and well-connected military-industrial complex," said Defense Spending Reduction Caucus co-chairs.By Jessica Corbett • Dec 11, 2024
"These two senators effectively handed Trump control of the board when his term begins," noted one observer.By Brett Wilkins • Dec 11, 2024
"This is the most efficient way and cost-efficient way for millions of people to pay their taxes," said one advocate.By Julia Conley • Dec 11, 2024
"He's making it official: If you write a big enough check, his administration will let you break the rules and drive up costs for working families," said one climate advocate.By Jake Johnson • Dec 11, 2024
"A reminder: the U.S. has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy," the 26-year-old accused of assassinating a health insurance CEO reportedly wrote.By Common Dreams Staff • Dec 10, 2024
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| | | ■ Opinion
Trumpy Dumpty is thin on the facts, policies and programs, but he is as cunning as a hungry shark in detecting weakness in his opponents, especially the Democratic Party.By Ralph Nader • Dec 14, 2024
American interference, at the behest of Netanyahu’s far-right Israel, has left the Middle East in ruins, with over a million dead and open wars raging in Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, and with Iran on the brink of a nuclear arsenal.By Jeffrey D. Sachs • Dec 12, 2024
Taking on corporate power and putting workers at the center of the party's agenda is the best defense against the divide-and-conquer strategy of the populist right. That means backing policies like Medicare for All, creating green union jobs, and raising the minimum wage.By Aru Shiney-Ajay • Dec 11, 2024
The solution is obvious and simple, which is why the nation's richest people hate it so much: Scrap the cap and make the wealthy pay a much fairer share in Social Security taxes.By Robert Reich • Dec 10, 2024
That we don't know the answer to this question is the first problem that must be addressed.By Les Leopold • Dec 10, 2024
Because the desire of right-wing billionaires not to pay taxes have prevailed ever since Truman first proposed single-payer healthcare, Americans spend significantly more on healthcare than other developed countries.By Thom Hartmann • Dec 9, 2024
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