Abandoning Popular Policies Is Crucial to Victory, WaPo Tells Harris
The Washington Post implores Kamala Harris to abandon progressive policy priorities and mercilessly turn her back on the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
The Healthcare Long March: Why Exposing Evils of Medical Debt Doesn’t Fix the Problem
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont proposed on February 2 to purchase and forgive roughly $2 billion in medical debt owed by state residents. Along with similar proposals in other jurisdictions, the plan offers desperately needed relief from stress and fear to thousands of people who are struggling to pay their current outstanding medical bills. Unfortunately, […]
‘Divisive’: How Corporate Media Dismiss Ideas Unpopular With Elites
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman (Twitter, 12/29/20) described a $2,000 Covid relief check as “divisive,” even though 75% of Americans (and 72% of Republicans) wanted the government to prioritize another universal payment. All too often, words such as “divisive,” “contentious” or “controversial” are used merely as media codewords meaning “ideas unpopular with the […]
‘If We Had Single-Payer Healthcare, People Would Get the Care They Need’
“We keep hearing, of course, from the private insurance companies and from the pharmaceutical companies and from politicians, principally on the right, that we really can’t afford Medicare for All. This is nonsense. We can afford it.”
Brenda Choresi Carter on the Power of Sheriffs, Gordon Mosser on Medicare for All & Covid-19
A conversation that excludes sheriffs from talk of police abolition and/or reform is missing a critical element.
‘There Are People Dying and Suffering Because They Can’t Get Healthcare’
“We have to make sure that everybody in America can get the healthcare they need at a price they can afford.”
Diane Archer on Medicare for All, Sriram Madhusoodanan on Fossil Fuel Accountability
Before millions were unemployed, before Covid-19 began its sweep, healthcare was already a crisis, and the arguments against overhauling it were already visibly tired and specious.
Pandemic Doesn’t Stop Corporate Media From Crusading Against Universal Healthcare
In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, many in corporate media are still engaging in class warfare by continuing their crusade against universal healthcare.
Insurance Lobby Talking Points Don’t Come With Warning Labels
Election Focus 2020: The healthcare industry’s efforts to block all meaningful change in our medical system would not be nearly so successful were corporate media not working in tandem to spread these same lobbyist talking points.
Corporate Journalists Push Tax Attack on Medicare for All
Election Focus 2020: Centrist think tank Third Way commissioned an August poll on how to turn people off of Medicare for All, and one of the strongest tactics turned out to be emphasizing what the plan would cost taxpayers. Lo and behold, the tax line has become a central focus of media coverage of Medicare for All.
As Biden Invokes Dead Family Members Against Medicare for All, Media Play Along
Election Focus 2020: Corporate media uncritically transmitted the ad’s message as if it were merely a campaign strategy, instead of explaining what Biden, Sanders and Warren’s proposals actually are, and clarifying for voters whether Biden’s charges against his primary opponents are accurate.
WaPo Doesn’t Want Voters to Know Medicare for All Will Cut Their Health Costs
Election Focus 2020: The Washington Post tries to spin the healthcare issues into a false competition between access and cost.
Corporate Media Are Here to Warn You: Medicare for All Is a Very Bad Idea
Election Focus 2020: Corporate media appear to be almost univocally against Medicare for All, with the flow of doom-mongering stories increasing to a roaring flood as the notion gains more traction among the public.
WaPo’s ‘Hard-Line’ Stance Against Medicare for All
Medicare for All, which the Washington Post describes as “hard-line” and “far left,” is actually a very popular position.
‘We Already Spend More Than Medicare for All Would Cost Us’
“It’s broken and they know it, and we all feel it, and it’s unjust. And there is an easy solution.”
Diane Archer on Medicare for All
The Partnership for America’s Health Care Future (PAHCF), a coalition of drugmakers, insurance companies and private hospitals, is lobbying hard to sink the popular Medicare for All proposal. Which side are corporate media on?
Reporting on Medicare for All Makes Media Forget How Math Works
Scary headlines missed an important point about a new study: In terms of total spending on healthcare, Sanders’ Medicare for All plan is actually projected to cost $2.1 trillion less than projections of spending under the current US healthcare system.
‘We Can Change the Political Feasibility’
“This is a time for us to be pushing harder. We can change the political feasibility. That’s something that the public has the power to do.”
‘Our Healthcare Crisis Won’t Be Solved Until We Get Private Insurance Out’
“This is a time for us to be pushing harder. We can change the political feasibility. That’s something that the public has the power to do.”
Media Embrace New ‘Reform’ Group as Bulwark Against Guaranteed Healthcare
In recent years, there has been rapid growth in support for Medicare for All, a single-payer healthcare system that would guarantee the universal medical coverage that the Affordable Care Act failed to achieve with its passage in 2010. Sixty-four percent of Democrats support single-payer healthcare, while over half of Americans believe that the government should […]
