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Nurses Fight for Medicare for All

Nurses are fighting to make medicare for all a reality. Deborah Burger the co-president of National Nurses United and president of the California Nurses Association, joins Thom Hartmann to discuss the push.

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Kamala Harris Insta-Flips on "Medicare for All"

2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris softens on her Medicare for All support within 24 hours of her recent CNN Town Hall, exactly as we've predicted many candidates would do.

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Anti-Vaxxers Cause Measles Outbreak

In an example of an actual state of emergency, Washington state is dealing with a measles outbreak as a result of parents choosing not to vaccinate their children.

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Thom Hartmann: Universal Healthcare is Not a Leftist Pipe Dream

Universal Healthcare is portrayed on the news as a far left position, but in reality it's actually the position of most Americans. Universal Healthcare is a middle ground policy position. Debates on healthcare often leave…

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The Fight for Medicare-for-All Bill Heats Up

Democrats are under fire for muddying the waters on an effort to pass Medicare-for-all legislation. Lawmakers in the House where the Democrats hold a decisive majority, have introduced at least 8 bills on healthcare…

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Breathtaking: Asthma Care In a Time of Climate Change

Among the many ill effects of climate change on our planet and our species are rising incidences of disease. Asthma and breathing disorders in particular, are expected to rise as temperatures rise. Polluting industries…

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Anti-Vaccine Movement Listed as Top 2019 Health Threat

The anti-vaccine movement is listed as one of the top ten health threats of 2019 by the World Health Organization.

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NYC Guaranteeing Healthcare for All

NYC announces healthcare for all, regardless of ability to pay, including undocumented immigrants, at an expected total cost of $100 million per year, equivalent to 0.11% of NYC's budget.

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The Jeff Santos Show - Episode 12

Jeff speaks with Robert Borosage and Roger Hickey, co-directors of Campaign for America's Future; Jerry Ashton, co-founder of RIP Medical Debt; Marty Hayden, vice president of Earthjustice's Policy and Legislation.

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Bernie Sanders on Ending Yemen War, Medicare for All, Green New Deal & the Stop BEZOS Act

Hundreds of international progressive leaders gathered in Burlington, Vermont, last weekend for an event hosted by The Sanders Institute. While there, Amy Goodman sat down with independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to discuss his efforts…

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Medicare for All: As Healthcare Costs Soar, Momentum Grows to Guarantee Healthcare for All Americans

As Democrats prepare to take control of the House, pressure is growing on the Democratic leadership to embrace Medicare for All. Nearly 50 newly Democratic members of Congress campaigned for Medicare for All. In the…

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Full Bernie Sanders Speech on Economic Justice, Healthcare, Opposing Trump & Ending the War in Yemen

Hundreds of international progressive leaders have traveled to Burlington, Vermont for a gathering hosted by the Sanders Institute. Last night, former presidential candidate and independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders kicked the event off with a…

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Health Insurance Profits From Denying Life Saving Coverage

Are Healthcare companies profiting from denying life saving coverage from patients? Wendell Potter, a former health insurance executive joins the Thom Hartmann Program to tell us about and other practices by health insurances companies that…

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Trump Claims Credit for Act Passed by Obama, Calls It "Greatest Idea" He's Ever Had

Donald Trump takes credit for an act passed by President Obama in 2014, calling it the "greatest idea" he's ever had, related to medical care for veterans.

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Taking on Trump and Supporters Using His Own Words

Congressman Ro Khanna joins the Thom Hartmann Program, answering calls from the audience and taking on Trump supporters and Republican rhetoric with the words of Donald Trump himself. Digging up damaging and contradictory statements, could…

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Mental Health Experts Demand Psychological Assessment of Kavanaugh for Drinking, Instability

Donald Trump openly mocked Dr. Christine Blasey Ford at a rally Tuesday, casting doubt on her claims that Brett Kavanaugh had tried to rape her in high school just days after calling her a very…

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Are Drug Companies Exploiting People for Profit?

Caller belives that the unfair rises in the cost of life saving medicine by drug and pharmaceutical companies is the result of capitalist profit motive over human rights and well being. are pharmaceutical companies exploiting…

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Life Saving Drugs Should Belong to the People, Not Big Pharma

Thom Hartmann counters a caller supporting the medical and pharmaceutical industry's free market "right" to charge whatever they want for life saving prescriptions and drugs. Should the pharmaceutical industry and drug manufacturers be able to…

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Roe v. Wade in Danger: Released Docs Reveal Kavanaugh Thinks Abortion Decision Is Not “Settled Law”

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing took a series of dramatic turns Thursday, as Democratic senators began releasing confidential documents from Kavanaugh’s work at the George W. Bush White House. The New York Times…

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Kavanaugh Nomination Could Mean The End of Legal Safe Abortion in United States

Dawn Laguens the Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Federation of America says there is no silver lining to Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. who will overturn Roe v Wade along with other landmark…

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