universal health care

(Airs 03/20/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Blair Horner, Senior Policy Advisor for the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), about increasing transparency in state government, NYPIRG’s campaign for universal health care, a coming rally next week for the passage of the New York Heat Act, and much more.

Independent Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is known for his advocacy for low-and-middle-income Americans. On Tuesday he gave a speech in Washington on the state of the working class.

With the backdrop of President Trump vowing to do away with the Affordable Care Act, freshman New York Congressman Antonio Delgado has introduced…

New York Congressman Antonio Delgado recently held a conference call with reporters, speaking to a wide range of issues during his second in-district work…

Forty-eight members of the Vermont House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would pave the way for publicly-financed health care for all state…

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses New York state leaders' plans to codify Roe v. Wade into state law, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposal for a…

A Vermont legislator says she plans to push a publicly-funded health care plan in the upcoming legislative year.Democratic Senator Claire Ayer is writing…

The Vermont Progressive Party has reaffirmed its support for a universal, publicly funded health care system for the state.A resolution passed at a…

Last week Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin told Vermonters he would stop his efforts to implement single-payer health care in the state. The decision has…

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says he's abandoning his long-held goal of creating the nation's first single-payer health care system.In a Statehouse news…