SINGLE PAYER NEWS: NOVEMBER 25 – DECEMBER 1, 2018

December 4, 2018
Featured, News, Single Payer News Stories

DECEMBER 1

Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Frustrating’ that lawmakers oppose ‘Medicare for all’ while enjoying cheap government insurance
The Hill
News
Dec. 1, 2018

NOVEMBER 30

Sanders brings in high-profile celebrities and politicians for progressive conference
MyChamplainValley-TV
News
Nov. 30, 2018

Democrats Still Don’t Seem to Know What Winning Looks Like
VICE
Column (Harry Cheadle)
Nov. 30, 2018

My View: Medicare for All plan distorted by columnist
The Free Press
News
Nov. 30, 2018

NOVEMBER 29

City unions say they dread impact of single-payer proposal in Albany
Politico Pro
News
Nov. 29, 2018
NOTE: Accessing full content of this item requires a subscription to the Politico Pro Newsletter at politicopro.com. An excerpt follows:

Public-sector unions are gearing up to fight legislation that would establish New York State as the health insurance provider for all residents, worried the sweeping bill would curtail their benefits and negotiating power.

New York City labor leaders gathered in the Lower Manhattan offices of District Council 37 Monday to relay their concerns about the bill to its sponsors, Assemblyman Richard Gottfried and state Sen. Gustavo Rivera, several sources familiar with the meeting told POLITICO. The conflict puts unions at odds with an issue popular in the liberal wing of the Democratic party.

Dem single-payer fight set to shift to battle over Medicare ‘buy-in’
The Hill
News
Nov. 29, 2018

Blais, Comerford prepare for new positions at Statehouse
Greenfield Recorder
News
Nov. 29, 2018

Some Democratic supporters of single-payer health say they won’t act in haste
WXXI
News
Nov. 29, 2018

The MinnesotaCare buy-in, explained
MPR
News
Nov. 29, 2018

Despite A Big Setback, Progressives Increase Their Leadership Clout In New Congress
Huffington Post
News
Nov. 29, 2018

Reading The Healthcare Tea Leaves In The 2018 Midterm Elections
Forbes
Opinion (Bill Frist)
Nov. 29, 2018
NOTE: Frist is a heart and lung transplant surgeon, former U. S. Senate Majority Leader, and Executive Council Chair of the health service investment firm Cressey & Company.

Nancy Pelosi and the spoils of victory
Amsterdam News
News
Nov. 29, 2018

How Newsom’s big win gives him a mandate on health care
Politico
News
Nov. 29, 2018

Unions Fight New York Single-Payer Health Care Plan
Washington Free Beacon
News
Nov. 29, 2018

NOVEMBER 28

Poll: Just 5 percent say coverage for all should be top healthcare priority for new Congress
Washington Examiner
News
Nov. 28, 2018

Rivera: New Version of Single Payer Bill Coming in January
State of Politics
News
Nov. 28, 2018

State Sen. Cathy Young has no regrets in seeking minority leadership in the Senate
Olean Times Herald
News
Nov. 28, 2018

Election aftermath: What’s next for health care?
Albany Biz Review
Opinion (Dr. John Bennett)
Nov. 28, 2018
NOTE: Dr. Bennett is the President and CEO of CDPHP.

Stephen Colbert Reveals the Only Reason He’d Wear a Donald Trump MAGA Hat
Huffington Post
News
Nov. 28, 2018

Nancy Pelosi and the New Democratic Factionalism
The New Yorker
News
Nov. 28, 2018

Sanders ponders second run, lays out policy objectives
Politico
News
Nov. 28, 2018

Point and counterpoint: No more half-measures on Medicare
Jacksonville Courier
Opinion (Josh Hoxie)
Nov. 28, 2018
NOTE: Hoxie directs the Project on Taxation and Opportunity at the Institute for Policy Studies.

Column: Colorado: A caution to Republicans
Washington Post
Column (George F. Will)
Nov. 28, 2018

It’s about more than Bernie: Next step for progressives starts now
San Francisco Chronicle
News
Nov. 28, 2018

Stopping the Socialist Resurgence
WSJ
Opinion (Karl Rove)
Nov. 28, 2018
NOTE: Rove served as Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush from 2000–2007 and Deputy Chief of Staff from 2004–2007.

Democrats Elect Younger, More Moderate Caucus Chair Over Progressive Stalwart
NY Magazine
News
Nov. 28, 2018

Will Dems ignore voters on health care again?
Fox
News
Nov. 28, 2018

Sanders Institute Set to Host First Big Meeting
AP
News
Nov. 28, 2018

NOVEMBER 27

Cantor: The Long Island six and a single payer health plan
LI Business News
Opinion (Martin Cantor)
Nov. 27, 2018

NY senators elect first African-American woman as majority leader
WBFO
News
Nov. 27, 2018

The Future of Health Care in New York
Spectrum
News
Nov. 27, 2018

The Progressive Caucus Has A Chance To Be More Influential Than Ever
Huffington Post
News
Nov. 27, 2018

This one letter sums up a lot that’s wrong with the American medical system
Washington Post
Column (Helaine Olen)
Nov. 27, 2018

‘Medicare-for-all’ is no health care cure-all
Newton Daily News
Opinion (Ben Shapiro)
Nov. 27, 2018
NOTE: Shapiro is host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com.

NOVEMBER 26

Suburban Hospital Alliance Joins Realities of Single Payer Healthcare
Realities of Single Payer
News
Nov. 26, 2018

‘Taking Nothing for Granted.’ Why Republicans Are Watching Mississippi’s Run-Off
TIME
News
Nov. 26, 2018

Senate Dems make history, choose first woman majority leader
Newsday
News
Nov. 26, 2018

Albany’s “3 Men in a Room” Welcome First Woman as Leader
Spectrum
News
Nov. 26, 2018

Stewart-Cousins Designated Majority Leader For Senate
State of Politics
News
Nov. 26, 2018

Andrea Stewart-Cousins makes history as first woman Senate leader
Lohud
News
Nov. 26, 2018

Interim Massena Memorial Hospital CEO shares concerns about two issues at state level
Watertown Daily Times
News
Nov. 26, 2018

A group of students at Weill Cornell and Columbia explain why their CEO is wrong to oppose ‘Medicare for All’
Business Insider
Opinion
Nov. 26, 2018
NOTE: Collaborative opinion piece written by, William Ford, Emilie George, Alex Irace, Rachel Madley, Graham Wehmeyer, and Michael Zingman; Students at Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, Members of Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP).

Medicare for All Lost Big Time in the Midterms
Forbes
Opinion (Sally Pipes)
Nov. 26, 2018
NOTE: Pipes is president, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute.

Do Democrats Have A Health Care Plan?
Forbes
Opinion (John Goodman)
Nov. 26, 2018
NOTE: Goodman is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and author of the book, Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis.

The Deficit Grew Because Trump’s a Republican, Not Because He’s an Idiot
NY Magazine
Column (Jonathan Chait)
Nov. 26, 2018

What The New Congress Will Mean For Medicare And Other Issues For Older Adults
Forbes
News
Nov. 26, 2018

Amy Klobuchar Is ‘Minnesota Nice.’ But Is That What Democrats Want for 2020?
NYT
News
Nov. 26, 2018

AlbanyCare and property taxes
Empire Center
Blog
Nov. 26, 2018

NOVEMBER 25

How Democrats can rewrite the tax code to be more egalitarian — and responsible
Washington Post
Editorial
Nov. 25, 2018

New York Senate’s First Female Leader Spent Decades Preparing for Role
WSJ
News
Nov. 25, 2018

Ocasio-Cortez Shares ‘Insurance’ Letter to Promote Single-Payer Healthcare 一 It Backfired
Independent Journal Review
News
Nov. 25, 2018

Shut out of power, what will NY GOP’s strategy be?
City & State
News
Nov. 25, 2018

Inside Bernie Sanders’s Head
NY Magazine
News
Nov. 25, 2018

Dems poised to elect Stewart-Cousins as Senate majority leader
Newsday
News
Nov. 25, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is appealing because she’s real. Can she keep it that way?
Washington Post
Column (Christine Emba)
Nov. 25, 2018