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  1. 27 Dec 2018

    Best ideas to beat Trump? - 70% want - 60% want tuition free public colleges - 58% want $15 minimum wage - 72% want to expand Social Security - 57% want to break up big banks - 64% want to legalize marijuana - 65% want a Let's crush it.

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  2. For the first time IN HISTORY, I have a commitment for hearings on . We’re one step closer to all Americans having access to quality, affordable health care.

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  3. Jan 1

    A $5,751 bill for getting an ice pack at a hospital. A $236 pregnancy test. $60 for ibuprofen at the local children’s hospital. Too many Americans have to resort to crowd-funding to pay for their outrageous medical bills. Our health care system must change.

  4. Did you know that Massachusetts General Hospital alone must employ 300 billing clerks while Toronto General, a hospital which is roughly the same size, employs 3? Our healthcare system is convoluted and focused on making profits, not healing the sick. We need .

  5. Progressives gained some important ground negotiating around yesterday’s rules package. One was that has agreed to seat *every* House committee with 40% Progressive Caucus members. The other: & secured 1st-ever hearings on .

  6. 29 Dec 2018

    Joe Donnelly, Democrat from Indiana: "When you talk Medicare for All...you start losing the people in my state." Data: 55% of all voters in Indiana support , including large majorities of Democrats. November Senate election: lost.

  7. Even with the Affordable Care Act, our health care system still needs fixing. There are nearly 30 million Americans who still don’t have health insurance and plenty more who have insurance but can’t actually afford the rising cost of health care. We need .

  8. “Access” to health care still sees more than half of Americans delaying or forgoing care because they can’t afford it. “Access” still sees tens of thousands of people dying because they lack health insurance. “Access” isn’t good enough. We need .

  9. Jan 4

    Many people think Single Payer is the same as Medicare. It's not. A single-payer would end premiums, deductibles, copays & coinsurance. is a bill in Congress - We Need M4A Single-Payer Healthcare! PNHP explains:

  10. This is a huge step forward. We have to push on the inside while continuing to build support for this on the outside. Let’s make happen!

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  11. In the United States we spend more per capita on healthcare than similar nations, and we get mediocre results. The root of our problem is the profit motive in healthcare. Help build a movement strong enough to win . Sign up:

  12. 3 minutes ago

    A commitment on a hearing on ? You have bluster and fog. Tell me about it when you have a commitment on policy action, . Maybe then I'll listen to you. Right now I don't trust you to fight for progressive policy.

  13. 9 minutes ago

    Most expensive$ Least equitable Worst outcomes Know what would fix this? Yup,

  14. Jan 1

    In order for to go into effect, it needs to pass the House. If some 18 Dems vote no, it fails. The vote will take place on Thursday. Will enough progressives have the courage to vote no on the first roadblock to , & ? Let's see.

  15. Healthcare is a human right. Jewish sources on our obligation to do everything we can to save lives and care for one another. Including, yeah, financial obligations. THREAD 1/x

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  16. 7 minutes ago

    I’m deeply concerned that many Democrats have very little understanding of how universal health care systems work and what level of financial protection and access to services they must provide patients.

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  17. 22 hours ago

    Since my insurance went bye bye, I have to figure out how to come up with $138 to pay for a prescription. One of the six I will need this month. Maybe I can sell my blood.

  18. We will lose 5 years on this issue because of the what the & the did to Bernie’s campaign in 2016. So many lives unnecessarily lost; people’s homes and livelihoods. Yet the same players & the same media persists. Change is coming

  19. Jan 2

    Paygo is disasrous. There’s no compromise. We need . But it proves that Democrats like Pelosi are the biggest threat to progressives. This is why any blue won’t do. This is why centrism will not work. Elect a true leftist progressive in 2020 or continue the cycle.

  20. Jan 3

    Bad news: passed Good news: House will hold 1st hearings on Commitments made to waive More recognition that austerity is bad Dr. King once said: “Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Keep bending it

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