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Here are 5 reasons why young people should advocate for universal health care.

Universal health care has become increasingly more important as the threat of global warming and environmental destruction worsens…

Even though statistics on COVID-19’s impact on elders are tragic and frightening, we can’t undermine the negative effects that this pandemic is also having on the younger generation.

Among the seemingly endless list of negative impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has thrust upon our society is an intense decline in mental health for many individuals. More than half of Americans surveyed in a recent study say that their mental health has worsened as a result of the pandemic.

As a young woman in my 20s, I know many people my age who are no stranger to the lifestyle of the proverbial “starving college student;” however, many of them are not students at all, but full-time employed young people who struggle to pay rent and put food on the table, let alone pay for health care during a pandemic.

Lincoln, my friend of 20 years, called in early April to let me know that he had taken his mother to the doctor on two separate occasions and her symptoms were minimized, dismissed and she was sent home. The third and final time the staff decided to test her. That’s when they discovered his mother had COVID-19. She died later that day.

The most beloved and tested single payer health payment system in the U.S. is Medicare, which works. Now let’s make it work even better and expand it to everyone.

Americans agree on two key priorities for our health care. Neither is happening.

One of the key factors causing Americans to die from COVID-19 is the U.S. for-profit health care system itself. And yes, it’s worse here than in other countries.

The COVID-19 pandemic should be a powerful catalyst…

Support for Improved Medicare for All (IM4A) across the U.S. has never been greater, nor has the need for it. To make IM4A a reality, let’s let our wealthiest opponents show us how.