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"[The Democrats] need a counter-offer, one that's more compelling than the creaky status quo. They need a single-payer, Medicare-for-All plan."

Trump admits his health care plan would benefit rich investors, screw over people who voted for him. He didn’t even pretend otherwise.

Sanders succeeded where so many Democrats failed this past election cycle—by connecting with red-state voters.

Opioids kill more people than car accidents or gun-related homicides. But drug treatment would no longer be required to be covered in the GOP health care bill.

This Republican health care plan is dangerous to our health and needs to be pulled off the shelf

Medicaid spending exceeds half a trillion dollars, and the program represents more than half of all federal funds spent by states. Medicaid has changed dramatically from its beginnings as a program largely for women and children on welfare. It now has more than 70 million beneficiaries, and its reach is so broad that almost two-thirds of Americans say that they, a family member or a friend have been covered by Medicaid at some point.

In an effort to highlight the rarely acknowledged gifts of the Cuban Revolution and the late Fidel Castro, "Cuban Medical Internationalism: Fidel Castro’s Legacy Lives,” takes a look at the extraordinary and unparalleled contributions that Cuban medical professionals have made around the world, and in particular during times of crisis and in countries with inadequate medical care. December 2016 a Cuban medical brigade returned from Haiti.