Mastodawn

Another April 1 "gift" from the private health insurance racket: premiums jumping 4.41% on average — the biggest hike in nearly a decade. Thousands of Aussies are about to cancel or downgrade because they can't afford it in this cost-of-living crisis.
Meanwhile, the big funds keep posting profits and the government signs off on it.
Why are we still subsidising this broken, two-tier system with tax rebates when we could be properly funding Medicare for everyone?
Private health insurance is a scam that punishes the sick and the struggling while delivering junk policies with exclusions. Time to scrap the subsidies and build real universal public health.

#Medicare #MedicareForAll #CostOfLivingCrisis #PrivateHealthScam #Australia

https://www.9news.com.au/national/health-insurance-premiums-increase-april-1-cancel-downgrade-switch-providers/9df5ccf7-0654-48bd-b60d-1a8a082e648f

Why thousands of Aussies plan to cancel their health insurance tomorrow

<p>Many more will downgrade their cover or switch providers.</p>

9News

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PeachMcD 2d ago

@ProgressivePower Booker is one to talk! Rakes $$ from the #BigPharma lobby & votes against #MedicareForAll

But pretty much anyone wd be better than #Schumer at this point

I'm all the way tired of #CorporateDems who consider themselves as liberal as it's rational to be, & dismiss anyone left of them as Extremists

RealJournalism 5d ago

A new report co-sponsored by the American Parkinson Disease Association shows that Parkinson's Disease places an annual $82.2 billion annual economic burden on the US economy as of 2024. #MedicareForAll is cheaper. #Science

RealJournalism 6d ago

More Than 1 in 4 Children and Youth in Foster Care Have a Special Health Care Need https://www.childtrends.org/publications/children-youth-foster-care-special-health-care-need #MedicareForAll

More Than 1 in 4 Children and Youth in Foster Care Have a Special Health Care Need

Read More Than 1 in 4 Children and Youth in Foster Care Have a Special Health Care Need from Child Trends.

smalldog club ☑️Mar 25

It's not that long until the vapid promises of Medicare for All (M4A) will start floating around.

I was hoping it would come about within my lifetime to save me some trouble. As usual with these things, I'm starting to run short of "lifetime."

Who will be the first to mumble that promise?

#m4a #MedicareForAll

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Trump Watch 👀Mar 18

1-2 bold environmental action, meaningful criminal justice reform, and true affordability for working families. Let’s finish the job in November! 🇺🇸 #ForThePeople #MedicareForAll #RaiseTheWage #WinInNovember #BlackSky black girl magic , blue wave 2026

MFennVT has moved Mar 16

See, this has always been my problem with #Bernie's #MedicareForAll line. #Medicare is fine, but it also kind of sucks. We need real single payer healthcare in the US, not this crap. https://vtdigger.org/2026/03/16/vermonters-adjust-to-a-health-care-landscape-without-medicare-advantage/

Vermonters adjust to a health care landscape without Medicare Advantage

For some, the transition has been relatively smooth. For others, the accumulation of many disparate costs is smothering.

VTDigger

RealJournalism Mar 16

Americans ration medicine and postpone retirement to afford health care, polls find https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/americans-ration-medicine-postpone-retirement-afford-health-care-gallu-rcna263008?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69b2aad3b1a5a00001afbfe2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky #MedicareForAll

Americans ration medicine and postpone retirement to afford health care: Gallup

About 1 in 3 U.S. adults say they’ve made trade-offs to afford health care in the past year, including rationing or skipping medications or borrowing money, according to a poll from West Health-Gallup

NBC News