Medicare

The goal: Every single American should have access to a doctor 24/7, from any location on the planet.

The 6-month-old baby had died after surgery at the hospital in Padang, Indonesia, but his mother said she was not allowed to take the body away for burial.

Hundreds of private hospices discharged most dying patients in 2017, while 80 failed to send registered nurses, physicians or nurse practitioners to check on them.

A report released Wednesday detailed research suggesting that single-payer health care reforms, also known as "Medicare for All," would cost about $32 trillion over 10 years.

Expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental and hearing services for existing beneficiaries enjoys strong public support and can be done now, irrespective of the 2020 elections.

A genetics testing company settled out of court for $42.6 over allegations of healthcare fraud.

The study, published in JAMA, is based on government reports, articles and peer-reviewed publications related to costs and savings estimates in six categories of waste, released between 2012 and 2019.

A fraudulent cancer screening system resulted in Medicare being being billed for over $2.1 billion in unnecessary costs, and, with 35 arrested, has become the "largest health care scam ever" according to the government.

The U.S. healthcare system should no longer be an embarrassment around the world and should guarantee coverage for all Americans, said the senator.

"Right now, Republicans are trying to throw everything in the kitchen sink and see what messaging sticks," Evan Siegfried, a political strategist, told Newsweek.

"It's sad, but most people can't even tell you what the word 'dementia' means," said Dr. John DenBoer.

Biden's endorsement of a public option comes after Bernie Sanders, another Democratic presidential candidate, reintroduced his Medicare for All plan earlier this month.

"What we're talking about actually is stability," the Vermont senator said. "When you have Medicare for All, it is there now, it is there in the future."

A top aide to Nancy Pelosi cites "stakeholder" objections and "implementation challenges" to argue against single-payer plans such as "Medicare for All" to health insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Who blinked this week—Trump, Pelosi, or maybe Kamala Harris?

While participants were largely in favor of the idea, the Kaiser Family Foundation poll found significant differences in support for the single-payer plan depending on how the question was put forward. 

The Social Security Administration issued a contingency plan this month, outlining how it would remain in operation as some federal workers get furloughed and other programs shut down.

"Ocasio-Cortez is not the first Twitter user to mangle information from a news report," the fact-checking article wrote.

"Maybe if the GOP stopped hiding behind this 'socialist' rock they love to throw, they'd actually engage on-issue for once," the progressive politician wrote.

"It's frustrating that Congressmembers would deny other people affordability that they themselves enjoy."

If Republicans win the House and Senate, another attempt at repealing Obamacare is in the cards, said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Wednesday.

After instituting a $1.5 trillion tax cut, the Senate majority leader said Tuesday that the only way to lower the record-high federal deficit would be to cut entitlement programs.

Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer took it upon himself to fact-check the president's claims, marking up his op-ed with a red marker.

Alzheimer's is the most expensive disease in America, and the only leading cause of death in the U.S. that cannot be prevented, cured, or even slowed.

The people who know most about issues of American governance have spent their lives studying them.

Trump promised to lower drug prices but he won't take on the manufacturers. When Americans buy drugs, they really buy advertising and political influence-peddling.

Progressives' current thinking: Use Medicare to entice millions into a government-controlled health system.

Access to health care provides us dignity in our vulnerable moments when we are well and sustains us in the rare circumstances when the worst we imagine comes true.

A self-purported advocate for women, Ivanka Trump has been shilling for a tax plan that reports say would be disastrous for women and their families.

The pain is real but the blame is misplaced.