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Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Yale Study: Medicare for All Would Save Over 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year "Do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "What we cannot afford is a broken healthcare system based on greed." Know someone who would enjoy the Common Dreams newsletter? Help us spread the word by forwarding this email to your family and friends.   Advocates Call for End of Deadly Tactic Used by For-Profit Health Insurers to Deny Treatment Researchers found prior authorization—which allows insurers to overrule physicians and deny coverage—acts as a “corporate care veto” that drains tens of billions of dollars each year that could go toward patients.   'Stop Stealing Our Future': Students Arrested in Protest of OpenAI's Lobby Office “Our generation doesn't have any guarantees about whether we'll have jobs after college, or whether there will be clean drinking water for all of us."   'Bogus Indictment?' Raskin Opens House Probe Into DOJ Reflecting Pool Prosecution Rep. Jamie Raskin wants to know if the Trump administration withheld "key evidence to blame the disastrous reflecting pool renovation on an innocent man?"   Analysis Shows Insurance Industry Funding Third Way as It Plots 'War' on Medicare for All Backers Third Way has received donations from CVS Health, Johnson & Johnson, and an organization that counts the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association as one of its members, tax filings reveal.   'Resign Today': Senate Dem Says Huckabee Must Step Down for Groveling to Israeli Government "He’s become a complete apologist for the most extreme Israeli government in history," Sen. Chris Van Hollen said of US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.

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