It’s cool how so much of the money and favor-trading that goes on in Washington—between politicians, their associates, lobbyists, industry groups, and various power-players—happens in the dark, either never to be disclosed or disclosed so late that it’s offensive they bother to do it at all. It’s extremely dope that,…

This year, a majority of House Democratic candidates endorsed Medicare for All, according to the union National Nurses United. If you had told me in 2014, or even 2016, that this would happen, I would have frowned at you, walked away, and possibly tried to contact someone who cares about you out of concern for your…

A new study by the Center for American Progress published today found that expanding Medicaid in the states that haven’t yet done so “would save more than 14,000 lives per year.” This means that, without expanding Medicaid, 14,000 people may die unnecessarily, because of political choices made by Republicans.

Young people continue to think single payer is...very nice. A new poll from the AP shows that support for a national single payer health plan among 15-34 year olds is steady and unwavering at 69 percent, matching what a Morning Consult poll found this June. Nice.

President Donald Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers has a new report out today. No, it’s not about how Republicans have robbed poor and working class people to pay for tax cuts, or about how real wage growth has been stagnant for decades. Nope, this report is about the dangers of socialism. What year is it again?

A new American Barometer poll conducted by Hill.TV and the HarrisX polling company found something that on its surface seems pretty incredible—a majority of Republicans support a universal healthcare policy, known popularly as Medicare for All.” The poll, reported by The Hill, found that 52 percent of Republicans…

A new paper out Monday in the journal Health Affairs shows that immigrants pay more in health insurance premiums than their insurers spend on their healthcare, whereas the opposite is true for native-born Americans. Immigrants are, in effect, subsidizing American healthcare.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat representing Washington state, has founded the first political action committee (PAC) dedicated to backing candidates who support Medicare for All, HuffPost reported today.

Former President Barack Obama gave what appeared to dually serve as a treatise on the state of U.S. democracy and a quasi-stump speech at the University of Illinois in Champaign, IL, today, delivering a speech that ripped into both his successor in the presidency and the Republicans who enable him. He also endorsed a…

Reuters published a feature today on the growing influence of progressives in the Democratic Party, accompanied by a round of extensive polling on three of the most visible planks of the wing’s platform: abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, free college tuition, and Medicare for All. It turns out that…

American healthcare is a sick joke from almost any angle: how it neglects people with disabilities, and how the people who need it most are least likely to have it. It is morally unforgivable, but it’s also bewildering that anyone thinks this works: America spends 17.9 percent of its GDP on healthcare, or $10,348 per…

The Hill reported this morning that many of the biggest healthcare interests in the country, including pharmaceutical companies and health insurers, have formed a coalition to fight single payer. The group, the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future, includes major trade groups like “America’s Health Insurance…

The Trump administration recently approved new health insurance rules that will help further cripple the already embattled Affordable Care Act. The rules regard so-called “short-term insurance,” plans that are meant to help people fill a gap in coverage, but aren’t intended to provide any serious medical care. The…

The rapid emergence of Medicare for All as a mainstream proposal in the Democratic Party has been accompanied by that age-old question which is literally only asked of government programs designed to help poor and working class people: how are we going to pay for it?

According to a new Morning Consult/Politico tracking poll conducted earlier this month, 69% of Millennials support a government-funded, Medicare for all healthcare system.

A new CBS poll says that if the 2018 midterm were held today, Democrats would win back a majority in the House—but just barely. Luckily for Democrats, that poll indicates a way to move the needle, and it doesn’t look like it’s the Russia investigation.

Earlier this month, Kara Eastman beat out her Democratic primary opponent to represent the Omaha, Nebraska, area in the U.S. House of Representatives. She’s also running on an openly Medicare for All platform.

Erika Zak is 38 years old and lives in Portland, Oregon. Four years ago, after the birth of her daughter, Zak was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic colon cancer that had spread to her liver, according to a Sunday profile by CNN. Due to complications from a surgery to remove two tumors, Zak has been suffering from…

Single payer has often been seen as a far-left radical view that does not comport with practical realities, especially in comparison to a much more moderate national healthcare program like the Affordable Care Act.

This piece is part of Splinter’s series The New Guard, where we interview progressive candidates who are running in 2018 midterm races across the country to shake up the Democratic Party establishment.