California voters are in the thick of a high-stakes governor’s race, in which single-payer health care, an issue that was once central to state politics, has been pushed to the sidelines. Of the top five candidates, only one unequivocally supports a health care model that would finally put California on par with the rest of the industrialized world. Billionaire Tom Steyer…
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In 2025, the Trump administration successfully pushed Congress to enact nearly $1 trillion in health care cuts over the coming decade, which the Congressional Budget Office analysis estimated would result in 10 million people losing health coverage by 2034. More recently, it has blocked any and all efforts to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credit subsidies for people buying insurance on…
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Access to mental health care is rapidly expanding in Illinois, thanks to a legislative victory won through a grassroots campaign that united patients and health care providers to take on the power of the health insurance industry. As organizers who worked on the campaign, we’re excited to share the story of our win with the hope that it will give momentum and inspiration to similar campaigns in…
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“Starting next year, American drug prices will come down fast and furious and will soon be the lowest in the developed world,” President Donald Trump claimed Friday as the White House announced agreements with nine pharmaceutical manufacturers. The administration struck most favored nation (MFN) pricing deals with Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences…
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New polling published on Monday shows that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), oftentimes called Obamacare, is more popular than it’s ever been before. The Gallup poll, which was conducted in early November, asked voters to rate how they feel about the ACA. Nearly 6 in 10 voters (57 percent) said they approved of the 2010-passed law, while only a third of voters (35 percent) said they disapproved.
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After the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Senate Democrats faltered and ended their standoff with their Republican colleagues. Democrats had initially dug in for the funding fight, they said, to protect subsidies for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). These government tax credits, set to expire at the end of the year, keep health insurance affordable for the millions of Americans who are…
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