If New Yorkers think the for-profit insurance companies, lobbyists, and even some labor unions are planning on loosening their grip on the status quo, they are about to be disappointed-again.
Buckling to special interest pressure, New York lawmakers allowed the legislative session to conclude Thursday without an up-or-down vote.
According to a recent CBO study, Medicare-for-All could cost even less than what the most ardent Medicare-for-All advocates propose.
Bottom line: We have always been able to afford Medicare-for-All.
It’s just a matter of priorities.
The neo-liberal shift over the past forty years has prioritized Wall Street, the defense industry, and generally any individual or corporation ideologically committed enough to capitalize on the “money=free speech” argument the Supreme Court agreed is constitutional.
Donald Trump is secretly working with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to work out a post-Brexit deal to privatize Britain’s National Health Service.
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