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Can Ben Jealous Unify Democrats against Larry Hogan?

Ben Jealous takes viewer questions and discusses what his primary win means for the future of the Democratic Party Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and…

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Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices Could Be Key Election Issue

Maryland’s Democratic nominee for governor Ben Jealous has backed a proposal to reign in drug prices, while advocates say incumbent Larry Hogan has helped drug…

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British Doctors Respond to American Attacks on NHS

Two British doctors fire back at recent criticism of Britain’s Government Run Health Service by Donald Trump and conservative commentators ** (Disclaimer: This video content…

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Medicare for All – How Can We Pay for It?

Prof. Robert Pollin and Michael Lighty discuss the findings of a new study by the Political Economy Research Institute at UMass Amherst. The study finds…

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Medicare for All is a Fight to Democratize the Economy

Kelly Coogan-Gehr of National Nurses United tells Paul Jay that healthcare represents one-fifth of the US economy, and to bring that fully into the public…

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Most Americans Want Medicare for All, Without Private Insurers

Bob Pollin & Michael Lighty hold that Medicare for All does not have into include private insurers like Medicare does today. Visit https://therealnews.com for more…

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Is Sanders’ Democratic Socialism … Socialism?

Sanders says that medicare for all, a living wage, and other reforms is the socialism that’s possible, but is he too reserved on strengthening public…

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Trump and Pelosi Both Cater to Private Health Insurance – RAI with Wendell Potter (1/7)

Trump’s “great healthcare plan” and opposition to Medicare for All’s “socialism” and Pelosi’s defense of the ACA and opposition to single-payer are both aimed at…

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Medicare for All Divides Democrats but Might Unite the Nation

Michael Lighty speaks on Sanders’ Medicare for All bill, the corporate-fueled war inside the Democratic Party, and the battle for American minds Subscribe to our…

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Riveting Testimony at Historic Hearing on Medicare for All – RAI with Wendell Potter (2/7)

The House Rules Committee heard powerful testimony about the urgency of passing Medicare for All from Ady Barkan, who is in late stages of ALS….

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Without Medicare for All, the Healthcare System Will Collapse – Wendell Potter RAI (7/7)

The healthcare system is unsustainable; without a Medicare for All system, only the wealthiest will be able to afford decent care – Wendell Potter on…

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Racism in America, Socialism, and Medicare for All Dominate Democratic Debate (1/2)

Kamala Harris seized the evening by taking on bussing and race with Biden, while Hickenlooper and others confronted Sanders’s socialism and the nuances of Medicare…

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Generational Divide Was Subtext of Second Democratic Debate (2/2)

Back and forths about bussing, segregation, and race and confrontations about socialism and the nuances of Medicare For All had the 10 candidates at times,…

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Part 2 of First Dem Debate Takes a Deeper Dive Into Climate, Class & Race (2/2)

Kimberly Moffitt and Lester Spence analyze the importance of what was said and not said in the first Democratic Debate Subscribe to our page and…

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