Pelosi Opponent "Not a Big Fan of 30 million Americans Not Having Healthcare"
R. Robertson | indybay.org | 2019-11-09
When Nancy Pelosi said she is "not a big fan of Medicare for All" on November 1st, she handed a campaign gift to her opponent in the upcoming primary. Shahid Buttar responded to Pelosi's statement saying, "I'm not a big fan of 30 million Americans not having healthcare. Medicare for All is the only pragmatic way to get to health care for all." | [photo: Chris Cassell, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer]…
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The Neoliberal Assault on Warren's Plan to Pay for Medicare for All
John Atcheson | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
Both Sanders and Warren have come up with viable plans for funding Medicare for all. The neoliberal establishment and the conservatives have been going after Sanders' approach by raising the specter of-middle class tax increases.
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Measles epidemic spreads from New Zealand to Pacific Islands
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
Scientists had been warning of the danger of an outbreak, but requests for a campaign to plug immunisation gaps were ignored.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/meas…
Protecting Ourselves & Pets from Hidden Health Hazards at Home
Nancy Montier | indybay.org | 2019-11-09
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Massachusetts: Buffalo Wild Wings worker dies after inhaling toxic fumes
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
Ryan Baldera's death is just one of the latest tragic indictments of the disregard of corporations for the health and safety of the workers who make their profits.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/bwww…
Groups slam Trump administration's sweetheart water deal with Westlands Water District
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-11-09
Interior's plan to "award one of the first contracts for federal water in perpetuity" to Westlands has been proposed at a critical time for Delta smelt, Sacramento River winter Chinook salmon, steelhead and other fish populations that depend on a healthy Bay-Delta Estuary to survive and thrive.
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Matt Hancock accused of 'whitesplaining' by Baroness Warsi
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-09
Health secretary Matt Hancock has been accused of "whitesplaining" by Baroness Warsi after he said others in the party "take a more balanced approach" on Islamophobia than her. | Warsi, the former Tory party chairman who has led criticism of the Conservative hierarchy's response to Islamophobia within its ranks, said she was "glad" to have colleagues like Hancock to educate her on the issue. | Hancock said the Tories needed to hold an inquiry on Islamophobia within the party, but claimed others "take a more balanced approach" on the issue than Warsi. | It comes after Boris Johnson said the Conservatives would be…
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The Vaccine Deep State. Impacts of Aluminum Adjuvants in Vaccines
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
Who coined the term anti-vaccine or anti-vaxx? The derogatory term "anti-vaxxer," which has been championed by the media and the medical industry's experts who function as the media's talking heads, are merely people who question the efficacy and safety of …
globalresearch.ca/the-vaccine-deep-state-impacts-of-aluminum-adjuvants-in-vaccines/5694331
Elizabeth Warren Won't Back Down on Medicare for All
Robert L. Borosage | thenation.com | 2019-11-08
Elizabeth Warren Won't Back Down on Medicare for All…
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Hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk in Syria amid ongoing violence in northeast and northwest
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-08
Almost daily violence targeting built-up areas and health facilities in Syria continues to threaten the lives of civilians there, UN rights experts and humanitarians said on Friday.
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Company director charged over mill explosion which killed four
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-08
A wealthy company director and two managers have been charged over a mill explosion which killed four people.George Boden, director of Wood Treat Ltd, which ran Bosley Mill in Cheshire, has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter following the explosion and devastating fire at the mill in July 2015.The firm has been charged as a corporate body with corporate manslaughter and both the firm and Boden have been charged with health and safety offences, along with two other managers.Workers Dorothy Bailey, Derek Barks, Derek Moore, and Jason Shingler were all killed in the disaster, with others left injured af…
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A New Disease Big Meat Doesn't Want You to Know About
Martha Rosenberg | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
Have you ever heard of African swine fever (ASF) caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV)? A fourth of the world's pigs have died from it just this year —- half of all of China's pigs —- but like previous food animal pandemics, Big Meat has managed to keep it out of the news.
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Study: At Least 15,600 Premature Deaths Resulted From GOP Blocking Medicaid Expansion
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-08
New research "shows that gaining Medicaid coverage is literally a matter of life and death, particularly for people with serious health needs," and bolsters arguments in favor of states expanding their Medicaid programs, according to a report published this week by a leading progressive policy institute. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Thursday's Daily Brief: DR Congo warlord sentenced, Iraq protest latest, UN food outlook report, Syrian humanitarian update, tech and the food chain
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-07
A recap of Thursday's UN News stories: 'Terminator' warlord handed 30-year sentence; UN chief calls for 'meaningful dialogue' in Iraq; Disease slashes global meat output; Hostilities in northeast Syria a grave concern; and how the Montreal Protocol is impacting the food chain.
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Speaking at a K Street Lobby Powerhouse, Joe Biden Renewed His Medicare for All Feud With Elizabeth Warren
Akela Lacy | theintercept.com | 2019-11-07
On Wednesday, former Vice President Joe Biden held a fundraiser at Sidley Austin, a notorious and influential K Street law firm.
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Disease slashing global meat output, cereals boom, bananas under watch: FAO
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-07
A rapid spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) is wiping out pig herds in China, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday, and the killer disease has led to a drop in world meat production for the first time in more than 20 years, with other global staples also facing new threats.
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Aged care royal commission report a 'wake up call'
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-07
health Jim McIlroyIssue 1244 Australia aged careNovember 7, 2019Anglicare Australia has called the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety's October 31 interim report a "wake-up call" for the sector and the country. | Anglicare Australia acting executive director Roland…
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Cholera prevention efforts underway to protect millions in Sudan's Khartoum state
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-06
A campaign has got underway to prevent the spread of a deadly cholera outbreak to Sudan's populous Khartoum state, home to more than eight million people, UN medics said on Wednesday.
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Wednesday's Daily Brief: Call for end to Haiti violence, Palestine refugee agency chief resigns, ICC on Libya, Mahira Khan new UNHCR ambassador
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-06
A recap of stories this Wednesday: Statement by UN advisory group on Haiti's crisis; Palestine refugee agency head steps down; Libya remains ensnared by violence; Cholera campaign to guard Sudan's Khartoum; Pakistan's Mahira Khan named UN Goodwill Ambassador.
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Tuesday's Daily Brief: Cameroon crisis deepens, Tsunami Awareness Day, online gender gap, Somalia floods leave children vulnerable
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-05
A recap of Tuesday's top stories: Humanitarian needs in Cameroon up 15-fold from 2017; UN risk reduction chief calls for more resilient cities; Somalia's floods put 200,000 children at risk; Internet use study reveals growing gender gap; UN partners spotlight youth mental health.
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How Peter Morley Turns Pain into Purpose Fighting for Health Care
Sari Beth Rosenberg | progressive.org | 2019-11-05
If the Trump Administration had its way, Americans would be completely unaware that the 2020 ACA enrollment period began on Friday, November 1. Enter Peter Morley.
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Dems think Bernie better on MOST policy issues, but will vote for Biden in hopes he dethrones Trump — poll
rt.com | 2019-11-05
Bernie Sanders's progressive agenda has struck a chord with Democrats who now think he is the best on healthcare and climate, and on par with Joe Biden on economy and immigration. However, Biden remains their preferred candidate. | While the independent Vermont senator is trailing Biden in the polls, his take on key US policies is shared by more constituents than that of the former vice president, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted between November 1-4 has revealed. | Asked about what candidate they think is the best on environment, 24 percent of prospective Democratic voters went for Sanders against 17 percen…
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"Release My Mother": A Yale Student Fights to Halt Deportation of His Mother with Stage IV Cancer
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-05
Tania Romero, an undocumented mother from Honduras and survivor of stage IV cancer, is fighting to remain in the United States with her four children. Two months ago, Romero was imprisoned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the privately owned Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia, interrupting her life-saving medical treatments. In mid-August, Romero was pulled over for a minor traffic infraction and arrested for not having a driver's license. Tania Romero's attorney requested a stay of deportation on humanitarian grounds because of her fragile health, but it was denied in September. Her son, Cristian…
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Trump Wants to Allow Discrimination with Billions of Dollars of Federal Funding
Louise Melling | aclu.org | 2019-11-05
Last Friday, the Trump administration announced | an alarming new proposal that would strip away critical protections against discrimination | in grants funded by the Department of Health and Human Services. | Initially, we thought this proposal would serve to fulfill Trump's promise to give taxpayer-funded child welfare agencies a license to discriminate. This proposal does…
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Warren's Medicare Head Tax Would Be About $9,500
Matt Bruenig | peoplespolicyproject.org | 2019-11-03
On Friday, I wrote a piece arguing that Elizabeth Warren's use of an employer head tax was not a good way to fund Medicare for All and that instead the more conventional choices of income and payroll taxes would be better. The reason they are better is because income and payroll taxes are based on how much income you receive while a head tax charges the same dollar amount for every worker regardless of their income, making it much more onerous on the lower and middle classes. | This point holds…
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What Is a Middle Class Tax Hike? Am I Losing My Mind?
Matt Bruenig | peoplespolicyproject.org | 2019-11-02
I have been swimming in the Medicare for All waters for over a decade now, going back to when I worked on the Ralph Nader presidential campaign that made Medicare for All its number one issue. And during this time, I developed a specific understanding of what we might call the M4A Financing Problem. | The Problem: | The M4A Financing Problem, in simple terms, is that even if you bring in existing federal spending on health care, existing state spending on health care, and a bunch of new rich-people taxes, you still fall short of financing the program. Thus to actually complete the financing, you have to u…
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Warren's Perpetual Medicare Head Tax Is Unworkable and Bad
Matt Bruenig | peoplespolicyproject.org | 2019-11-01
Elizabeth Warren released her Medicare for All financing plan today. The main purpose of the proposal appears to be to find a plan that you can message as "not increasing middle class taxes," which is of course a nonsensical goal insofar, as Warren herself has said, what matters is middle class health care costs, not whether you categorize those costs as premiums, taxes, or out-of-pocket expenses. | Nonetheless, bowing to the stupid media discourse on this, Warren put forward a financing pro…
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Five Years On, Saudi Attacks on Yemen's Farmers Are Pushing the Whole Country into Famine
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-01
Between March 2015 and March 2019, the Saudi-led Coalition launched at least 10,000 airstrikes in Yemen that struck farms, 800 that struck local food markets, and about 450 airstrikes that hit silos and other food storage facilities.
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New Poll Finds Voters Strongly Oppose Employer Insurance
Matt Bruenig | peoplespolicyproject.org | 2019-10-24
Many centrist pundits have convinced themselves that Medicare for All (M4A) is unpopular because, when you include certain details about M4A in polling questions, support levels drop significantly. But in convincing themselves of this, centrist pundits seem remarkably incurious about whether this same thing occurs for employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) when you include certain details about it in polling questions. | Earlier this week, Emerson Polling helped answer this question when it aske…
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The Urban Institute Report Did Not Score Medicare for All
Matt Bruenig | peoplespolicyproject.org | 2019-10-16
The Urban Institute and The Commonwealth Fund put out a report today that provided cost estimates for 8 different health care reforms. One of those eight reforms, which is called "Single Payer Enhanced," describes a comprehensive, no-cost-sharing, national health plan similar to Medicare for All (M4A). However, the Urban plan uses hospital reimbursement rates that are 15 percent higher than the rates in the M4A legislation, meaning that its cost estimates are much…
peoplespolicyproject.org/2019/10/16/the-…
Turkey Attacks US Troops, Iran Tanker Bombed No One Cares, CIA "Whistleblower" & Terrorism Vaccine
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-12
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (10/11/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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Trump's latest policy assault on immigrants is cruel and unnecessary
splcenter.org | 2019-10-11
Last week the Trump administration renewed its attack on immigrants, this time limiting admission to our country to only people who can prove they will have health insurance coverage within 30 days of entering the United States.
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