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Single Payer News: January 13, 2019 – January 19, 2019

JANUARY 19

Women march in 3 rallies on Long Island, in New York City
Newsday
News
Jan. 19, 2019

De Blasio, Gillibrand’s 2020 runs are nothing but broken promises
NYP
Editorial
Jan. 19, 2019

On Road to 2020, New York’s Gillibrand Touts Liberal Cred in Iowa
Reuters
News
Jan. 19, 2019

JANUARY 18

Learning From Cuba’s ‘Medicare for All’
NYT
Column (Nicholas Kristof)
Jan. 18, 2019

15 Notable Cuomo Proposals Not In His State of the State Speech
Gotham Gazette
News
Jan. 18, 2019

Freshmen House Dems cut different paths across Capitol Hill
AP
News
Jan. 18, 2019

Cuomo ‘kicking the can’ with commission, Gottfried says
Crain’s Health Pulse
News
Jan. 18, 2019

Anti-Semitism concerns leave the future of the Women’s March in doubt
Vox
News
Jan. 18, 2019

Elizabeth Warren is calling for Medicare for all. What does England’s experience tell us?
Boston Globe
News
Jan. 18, 2019

SOTS health-care roundup
Empire Center
Blog
Jan. 18, 2019

Hospital association gave Cuomo’s political machine nearly $1.3 million in 2018
Crain’s New York
News
Jan. 18, 2019

Why Infants May Be More Likely to Die in America Than Cuba
NYT
Column (Nicholas Kristof)
Jan. 18, 2019

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is mulling an independent run for president in 2020
Seattle Times
News
Jan. 18, 2019

JANUARY 17

When it comes to healthcare, Newsom says it’s time for ‘big and bold’ changes
LA Times
Column (David Lazarus)
Jan. 17, 2019

Universal health care remains an evasive but noble goal for the nation
Las Vegas Sun
Opinion (Eric Swalwell)
Jan. 17, 2019
NOTE: Swalwell has just begun his fourth term representing California’s 15th Congressional District, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Newsom, Cuomo coasting towards socialism in California and New York – Our formula for greatness is under siege
Fox News
Opinion (Tom Basile)
Jan. 17, 2019
NOTE: Basile is a former Bush Administration official, SiriusXM Contributor, columnist and author of “Tough Sell: Fighting the Media War in Iraq.”

Health committees finalized in new Congress
Politico
News
January 17, 2019

Women’s March plans ‘Medicare for All’ day of lobbying in DC
The Hill
News
Jan. 17, 2019

Newsom on why paying for the healthcare of immigrants in the country illegally makes sense
LA Times
Column (David Lazarus)
Jan. 17, 2019

What to Make of Hospital Price Lists?
NYT
LTE (Sharrie McIntosh)
Jan. 17, 2019
NOTE: McIntosh is the VP for programs at the NYS Health Foundation

Andrew Yang Wants to Be President — and Give You $1,000 a Month
Rolling Stone
News
Jan. 17, 2019

JANUARY 16

Governor outlines “Justice Agenda,” budget priorities in State of the State
Watertown Daily Times
News
Jan. 16, 2019

Trump’s economy is great for billionaires, not for working people
The Guardian
Opinion (Bernie Sanders)
Jan. 16, 2019

Democrats can deliver on big ideas
Quad City Times
Opinion (Bill de Blasio)
Jan. 16, 2019

Barbara Bedell: Realtors raised $81,000 for charity in 2018
Times Herald Record
Column (Barbara Bedell)
Jan. 16, 2019

If Only Obama Had Done the Things Obama Actually Did
The New Yorker
News
Jan. 16, 2019

Meet the Most Corporate PAC-Reliant Reps in Congress
Sludge
News
Jan. 16, 2019

Diversity In Congress: Ambitious Agenda Calls for Great Expectations
Newsweek
News
Jan. 16, 2019

What’s not in Cuomo’s budget?
City & State
News
Jan. 16, 2019

Can States Fix the Disaster of American Health Care?
NYT
Opinion (Elisabeth Rosenthal)
Jan. 16, 2019
NOTE: A former NYT correspondent, Rosenthal is the editor in chief of Kaiser Health News and author of “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back.”

Gridlock Is the New Normal
WSJ
Column (Daniel Henninger)
Jan. 16, 2019

Group aligned with Ocasio-Cortez prepares to take out Democrats
Politico
News
Jan. 16, 2019

Cuomo expands Medicaid spending in nod to health industry
Crain’s New York
News
Jan. 16, 2019

Compare Democrats’ many Medicare-for-All proposals with this chart
PBS
News
Jan. 16, 2019

Dem chairwoman plans hearing on Medicare for all proposals
The Hill
News
Jan. 16, 2019

GoFundMe CEO: ‘Gigantic Gaps’ In Health System Showing Up In Crowdfunding
Kaiser Health
News
Jan. 16, 2019

JANUARY 15

4 Things To Watch For On Budget Day
State of Politics
Blog
Jan. 15, 2019

State of Health Care 2019: Obamacare endgame, Cuomo-Trump battle, New York single-payer?
Poughkeepsie Journal
News
Jan. 15, 2019

Why Many In Nashville’s Health Care Industry Oppose ‘Medicare For All’
Nashville Public Radio
News
Jan.15, 2019

Centrist Democrats have a chance to get things done
Post & Courier
Opinion (Peter Morici)
Jan. 15, 2019
NOTE: Morici is an economist and business professor at the University of Maryland, and a national columnist.

Gavin Newsom’s first budget: Down payments made, but supporters still want more
Sacramento Bee
News
Jan. 15, 2019

Some Senate Dems see Ocasio-Cortez as weak spokeswoman for party
The Hill
News
Jan. 15, 2019

Same old Senate (GOP)
Empire Center
Blog
Jan. 15, 2019

Budget React-O-Mat™ – Interest group edition
Times Union
Blog
Jan. 15, 2019

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s third term off to ambitious start
Newsday
Editorial
Jan. 15, 2019

Helping states develop innovative alternatives to Obamacare
The Washington Times
Opinion (Seema Verma)
Jan. 15, 2019
NOTE: Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Polling editor says US moving toward idea that health care is a human right
The Hill
News
Jan. 15, 2019

New York State of the State 2019: expect sports betting at upstate casinos
Metro NY
News
Jan. 15, 2019

Why Britons are sick of single-payer health care
The Washington Times
Opinion (Sally Pipes)
Jan. 15, 2019

House Democrats are frustrated the shutdown is drowning out the rest of their agenda
Vox
News
Jan. 15, 2019

She’s in: NY Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand running for president in 2020
Auburn Citizen
News
Jan. 15, 2019

Cuomo address unveils ambitious ‘First 100 days’
WCAX-TV
News
Jan. 15, 2019

Cuomo’s 2019 budget address, by the numbers
City & State
News
Jan. 15, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez, other progressives expected to join House Financial Services Committee
Washington Examiner
News
Jan. 15, 2019

JANUARY 14

Single-payer health care is a tough sell here
Crain’s New York
News
Jan. 14, 2019

Inside the Medicare innovation lab’s big plans
Politico
News
Jan. 14, 2019

Democrats Want to Run on Issues in 2020. But Does Beating Trump Matter Most?
NYT
News
Jan. 14, 2019

How Ocasio-Cortez And Liberal Women Are Changing Their Party
Bloomberg
News
Jan. 14, 2019

Lawmakers ready for new session
Sun Community News
News
Jan. 14, 2019

Meet the Person Behind Trump’s War on Medicaid
Mother Jones
News
Jan. 19, 2019

Complicating Medicare and Medicaid
The Washington Times
News
Jan. 14, 2019

What does Tulsi Gabbard believe? Where the candidate stands on 7 issues
PBS
News
Jan. 14, 2019

Kamala Harris is likely going to run for president, but her record as a ‘progressive prosecutor’ is facing renewed scrutiny
Business Insider
News
Jan. 14, 2019

Mayor Expands Primary Care to 600,000 Poor
The Chief Leader
News
Jan. 14, 2019

The “Green New Deal” Is a Fiscal Fantasy
City Journal
News
Jan. 14, 2019

JANUARY 13

Democratic governors steer party to left for universal health care
Politico
News
Jan. 13, 2019

Castro not swayed by RNC’s comments on his 2020 run
Politico
News
Jan. 13, 2019

De Blasio: ‘No question’ U.S. needs single payer
CNN
News
Jan. 13, 2019

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio not ruling out 2020 run, says Democrats need to be ‘bolder’
Washington Times
News
Jan. 13, 2019

Vermont governor plans incremental health insurance reform
AP
News
Jan. 13, 2019

Blue states buck Trump to expand health coverage
The Hill
News
Jan. 13, 2019

Public Option And Medicaid Buy-Ins Emerge From 2020 Democratic Presidential Hopefuls
Forbes
Column (Bruce Japsen)
Jan. 13, 2019

Lawbeat: candidates will be history-making in Lynch judgeship race
Times Union
News
Jan. 13, 2019

President Bill De Blasio?
WCBS
News
Jan. 13, 2019

Booker tries to shake doubts about pharmaceutical ties ahead of 2020
The Hill
News
Jan. 13, 2019