Just a Reminder: Congress Isn’t Going to Fix Obamacare — or Enact Single-Payer — Any Time Soon
The political obstacles that prevented enactment of a public option or single-payer system in 2010 are, if anything, stronger today.
By Ed KilgoreObamacare
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The Obama administration rejected the merger anyway. Aetna exited Obamacare in 11 states this week.
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She has formally endorsed adding a public option to Obamacare, as well as lowering the age for Medicare access and expanding funding for health-clinic care.
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All it needs now is a few hundred billion dollars in tax money from a party morally opposed to new taxes.
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Nobody could have seen this coming.
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The requirement to give employees contraception coverage is also now at stake in November.
By Ed KilgoreFederal Judge Sides With House Republicans in Obamacare Case
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This law just keeps getting better!
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Let's dispel with the fiction that Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing.
By Jonathan ChaitTed Cruz Knows Just Who to Blame for His Lack of Health Insurance
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By Eric LevitzHouse Republicans Shockingly Admit They’re Not Going to Reveal Plan to Replace Obamacare
Nobody could have seen this coming.
By Jonathan ChaitObamacare Repeal Is a Train Wreck
The Republican effort to repeal and replace health-care reform is a massive bureaucratic failure.
By Jonathan ChaitCongress Passes Health-Care Repeal, Forces Obama to Admit He’s Pro-Obamacare
The 61 previous votes weren’t for naught.
By Margaret HartmannSorry, Conservatives, Obamacare Is Still Working
We will stop correcting you when you stop being wrong.
By Jonathan ChaitRenowned Brooklyn Pizzeria Adds 3 Percent Obamacare Surcharge to All Checks
At Franny's menu prices will also rise to pay cooks higher wages.
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