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The UnitedHealth Story: Private Insurance, Public Money and Single Payer

September 21, 2026 By Egberto Willies Leave a Comment

The UnitedHealth Story: Private Insurance, Public Money and Single Payer

Public research helps create medicines while private firms develop, market and price them. UnitedHealth’s growth adds urgency to the healthcare-financing debate.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Center for Health and Democracy, corporate healthcare, drug prices, healthcare consolidation, healthcare justice, healthcare reform, Insurance Denials, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, Medicare Advantage, Medicare For All, MedPAC, NIH research, Optum, OptumRx, Patient Rights, PBMs, Pharmaceutical Industry, pharmacy benefit managers, prior authorization, Private Health Insurance, public health insurance, single-payer healthcare, Sunlight Report, Traditional Medicare, UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare, Universal Healthcare, vertical integration

Private Equity Turned Apartments Into Profit Widgets—Then Tenants Paid the Price

August 31, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Private Equity Turned Apartments Into Profit Widgets—Then Tenants Paid the Price

A deadly Syracuse fire and years of violations expose a larger problem: financialized housing can reward revenue growth while tenants struggle for heat, safety, and repairs.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Affordable Housing, Apartment Safety, capitalism, corporate greed, Corporate landlords, Economic Justice, Financialized Housing, healthcare reform, Housing Crisis, Housing Inequality, Letitia James, Medicare Advantage, Medicare For All, Nob Hill Apartments, private equity, Private Health Insurance, Rent Crisis, Syracuse, Tenant Rights, Wall Street

Abdul El-Sayed Torches Jesse Watters and Exposes Fox News’ Culture-War Game

August 27, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Abdul El-Sayed Torches Jesse Watters and Exposes Fox News’ Culture-War Game

Fox tried to define Abdul El-Sayed through culture-war attacks. He flipped the interview toward affordability, Medicare for All, corporate power and the everyday struggles of Michigan families.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: 2026 midterms, Abdul El-Sayed, affordability crisis, Corporate Media, cost of living, culture wars, Democratic Party, Economic Populism, Fox News, Healthcare Costs, healthcare reform, Jesse Watters, Medicare For All, Michigan politics, Michigan Senate, Mike Rogers, Progressive Politics, taxing billionaires, Wealth Tax, working class

When Voters Vote ‘F You’: Republican Failure Opens the Door to Democratic Socialists

August 23, 2026 By Egberto Willies

When Voters Vote ‘F You’: Republican Failure Opens the Door to Democratic Socialists

Voters don’t always vote “thank you.” A GOP strategist warns Republicans have little to offer as affordability pushes voters toward new political choices.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: 2026 midterms, Abdul El-Sayed, affordability crisis, Angie Nixon, Corporate Democrats, cost of living, Democratic Party, Democratic Socialism, Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, Economic Inequality, Economic Populism, Francesca Hong, Grassroots Organizing, Healthcare Affordability, healthcare reform, Kitchen Table Economics, MAGA, MAGA voters, Medicare For All, money in politics, political strategy, progressive candidates, progressive movement, Progressive Politics, Republican Party, Republican Strategist, Voter Backlash, working class, Working Families

Elect Democrats—But Should Hakeem Jeffries Be Speaker If He Rejects Medicare for All?

August 18, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Elect Democrats—But Should Hakeem Jeffries Be Speaker If He Rejects Medicare for All?

Elect Democrats to stop MAGA, but don’t surrender progressive accountability. Jeffries’ rejection of Medicare-for-All raises a serious question about who should lead the House.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: 2026 Midterm Elections, Corporate Democrats, corporate power, Data for Progress, Democratic Establishment, Democratic Leadership, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Economic Populism, Hakeem Jeffries, Healthcare Costs, healthcare reform, Independents, MAGA, Medicare For All, Medicare for All 2026, political accountability, Private Health Insurance, Progressive Democrats, Progressive Politics, Reuters Ipsos, single-payer healthcare, Speaker of the House, Universal Healthcare, working class

Kansas Senator Is in Play: Adam Hamilton Can End a Century of Republican Control

August 6, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Kansas Senator Is in Play: Adam Hamilton Can End a Century of Republican Control

Kansas voters keep rejecting Republican overreach. Now Adam Hamilton is mounting a values-driven campaign to defeat MAGA Senator Roger Marshall.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: 2026 elections, 2026 Midterm Elections, Abortion Rights, Adam Hamilton, Christian Nationalism, Democratic Party, Democratic Senate candidates, Donald Trump, Economic Justice, faith and politics, filibuster reform, food assistance, Healthcare Access, healthcare reform, Kansas Democrats, Kansas politics, Kansas Republicans, Kansas Senate, Laura Kelly, Medicare For All, Politics Done Right, progressive movement, Progressive Politics, red state politics, religious right, reproductive freedom, Republican Party, Roger Marshall, rural voters, Senate control, Senate filibuster, Senate majority, SNAP benefits, social justice, Trump Republicans, U.S. Senate, United Methodist Church, voting rights, working class politics, Working Families

The AI Scare Is Y2K on Steroids—and Oligarchs Are Cashing In

August 5, 2026 By Egberto Willies

The AI Scare Is Y2K on Steroids—and Oligarchs Are Cashing In

The Y2K bug was real, but fear created a spending frenzy. Today’s AI panic repeats that playbook on steroids as corporations monetize anxiety, layoffs, energy use, and hype.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: 2026 elections, 2026 Midterm Elections, Abortion Rights, Adam Hamilton, Christian Nationalism, Democratic Party, Democratic Senate candidates, Donald Trump, Economic Justice, faith and politics, filibuster reform, food assistance, Healthcare Access, healthcare reform, Kansas Democrats, Kansas politics, Kansas Republicans, Kansas Senate, Laura Kelly, Medicare For All, Politics Done Right, progressive movement, Progressive Politics, red state politics, religious right, reproductive freedom, Republican Party, Roger Marshall, rural voters, Senate control, Senate filibuster, Senate majority, SNAP benefits, social justice, Trump Republicans, U.S. Senate, United Methodist Church, voting rights, working class politics, Working Families

Jake Tapper Tried to Derail Abdul El Sayed—The Progressive Candidate Was Ready

July 20, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Jake Tapper Tried to Derail Abdul El Sayed—The Progressive Candidate Was Ready

Jake Tapper tries to shift Michigan’s Senate race toward foreign-policy controversy, but Abdul El-Sayed keeps the focus on healthcare, schools, and working people.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Abdul El-Sayed, affordability, AIPAC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Campaign Finance, CNN, Corporate Media, Dearborn, endless war, Foreign policy, Haley Stevens, healthcare reform, Iran, Israel, Jake Tapper, Mainstream media, Medicare For All, Michigan Democratic Primary, Michigan politics, Michigan Senate Race, Outside Spending, Politics Done Right, Progressive Democrats, working class

America Already Pays for Medicare for All—Wall Street Keeps the Difference

July 20, 2026 By Egberto Willies

America Already Pays for Medicare for All—Wall Street Keeps the Difference

America pays more for worse healthcare because corporate middlemen extract wealth from illness. Medicare for All offers universal care at a lower total cost.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Administrative Waste, Copays, corporate greed, Deductibles, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Health Insurance Profits, Healthcare Costs, healthcare reform, Insurance Denials, Medical Debt, Medicare, Medicare For All, Out-of-Network Care, Patient Rights, Politics Done Right, Private Health Insurance, Progressive Politics, single-payer healthcare, Universal Healthcare, working class

Shaun Finnie Offers TX-02 An Off-Ramp From Steve Toth’s MAGA Extremism

July 12, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Shaun Finnie Offers TX-02 An Off-Ramp From Steve Toth’s MAGA Extremism

Shaun Finnie offers TX-02 an economy-first alternative to Steve Toth’s MAGA culture wars, centered on healthcare, education, rights, affordability, and responsible government.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: 2026 Midterm Elections, bipartisan government, congressional elections, constitutional government, culture wars, Dan Crenshaw, Economic policy, Harris County, Healthcare Affordability, healthcare reform, independent voters, inflation, Kingwood Area Democrats, MAGA Extremism, moderate Republicans, montgomery county, Politics Done Right, public education, reproductive freedom, Shaun Finnie, Steve Toth, tariffs, Texas Congressional District 2, Texas Democrats, Texas Republicans, TX-02, women's rights

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