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Health Care
politics
Dec. 19, 2018
Sending More Veterans to Private Care Isn’t Solving the VA’s Problems
A report found that the Veterans Choice program led to higher costs and longer waits, which does not bode well for Trump’s move toward privatization.
By
Sarah Jones
politics
Dec. 18, 2018
Thousands of Arkansans Are Losing Medicaid Due to Work Rule. That’s the Point.
Advocates say the policy isn’t punitive, but new data underscores that urging the poor to get a job or lose their health care won’t curb inequality.
By
Sarah Jones
health care
Dec. 17, 2018
Some Conservatives Aren’t Celebrating This Texas Ruling Against the ACA
As much as conservatives hate the ACA, they know they can’t get rid of it without an alternative. And they still don’t have one.
By
Sarah Jones
house democrats
Dec. 9, 2018
Messaging or Investigating? How Should House Democrats Use Their Limited Power?
Take a lesson from the GOP, Democrats, and focus on regaining power more than arguing over how it will be used.
By
Ed Kilgore
health care
Nov. 29, 2018
State of U.S. Health Care: Lower Life Expectancy, More Uninsured Kids
While Obamacare is more stable than expected, new data underscores that for the sick and the poor, there are still gaping cracks in the U.S. system.
By
Sarah Jones
politics
Nov. 28, 2018
Obamacare Is Still Going Strong, Despite Trump’s Sabotage Campaign
Though the GOP ended the individual mandate and continued other efforts to gut Obamacare, the marketplaces are stabilizing and premiums are down.
By
Sarah Jones
partisanship
Nov. 14, 2018
Maybe It’s Time for America to Split Up
The country is hopelessly split. So why not make it official and break up?
By
Sasha Issenberg
2018 midterms
Nov. 5, 2018
Six Major Issues to Watch During Midterms — Other Than Who Controls Congress
The main event is the elected officials, but there are lots of important things on the ballot for voters to decide.
By
Sarah Jones
healthcare
Oct. 24, 2018
What Medicare for All’s Sky-High Poll Numbers Really Prove
Voters aren’t
necessarily
sold on single-payer. But a supermajority of Americans (and a slim majority of GOPers) do want
more
government health care.
By
Eric Levitz
2018 midterms
Oct. 17, 2018
McConnell Thinks Talking About Repealing Obamacare Helps the GOP in the Midterms
If Republicans make Senate gains and hang onto the House, it’s remotely possible. That’s apparently what the GOP thinks its base wants to hear.
By
Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 16, 2018
Even The GOP’s ‘Popular’ Health Care Ideas Are Politically Toxic
Scott Walker is refusing to impose work requirements on Medicaid until after voters go to the polls.
By
Eric Levitz
economy
Oct. 10, 2018
With Health Care Eating U.S. Paychecks, Work Doesn’t Mean Financial Security
A new study shows rising U.S. health care costs are keeping wages low, undercutting the idea that a job, on its own, is the path out of poverty.
By
Sarah Jones
health care
Oct. 10, 2018
Democrats Lose Senate Vote on Junk Health Plans, But Send a Message
The vote dramatized one way in which Trump and Republicans are undermining coverage of preexisting conditions.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Oct. 10, 2018
Trump’s Op-ed Accidentally Points Out He Broke His Health Care Promise
Trump writes, “I promised that we would protect coverage for patients with pre-existing conditions,” links to article noting he failed.
By
Jonathan Chait
medicare for all
Aug. 24, 2018
New Poll Finds Majority of GOP Voters Support Medicare for All
It isn’t politically risky for Democrats to campaign on Medicare for All. But actually implementing it will be a different story.
By
Eric Levitz
health care
Aug. 23, 2018
Top Maine Court Orders GOP Governor to Stop Ignoring Voters and Expand Medicaid
Maine’s fiery right-wing governor has vowed to go to jail before allowing a Medicaid expansion. He may get his wish.
By
Ed Kilgore
select all
Aug. 20, 2018
The Fight to Secure Vulnerable Medical Devices From Hackers
“The big problem is that hospitals don’t buy new devices, and they keep using really dangerous ones ad infinitum — until they just stop working.”
By
Lindsay Gellman
veterans
Aug. 14, 2018
The Trump Administration Is Launching Stealth Attacks on Veterans
The White House is making it easier for predatory lenders to profit off veterans’ misplaced trust, while letting Trump’s golfing buddies rule the VA.
By
Eric Levitz
July 11, 2018
Trump Administration Aims to Steer People to Junk Health Plans Over Obamacare
In addition to cutting most funding for Obamacare navigators, the administration is urging counselors to plug plans that don’t meet ACA requirements.
By
Margaret Hartmann
July 3, 2018
How Democrats Plan to Turn Kennedy’s Retirement Into a Political Win
The party will block Trump’s next Supreme Court justice — or, at least, remind voters that the GOP is a threat to their health care while trying.
By
Eric Levitz
June 29, 2018
Californians Will Be Voting on a Wild Array of Ballot Initiatives in November
From repeal of a controversial gas-tax increase to a mandate for cage-free eggs, other issues will compete with candidates for money and attention.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 11, 2018
Trump’s Latest Attack on Obamacare Is a Huge Gift to Democrats
The White House’s push to eliminate protections for people with preexisting conditions is the perfect campaign issue for Democratic candidates.
By
Eric Levitz
May 15, 2018
Voters Who Like ‘Medicare for All’ May Not Support Single-Payer
Truth is, single-payer is very different from Medicare, even if it borrows the Medicare “brand.”
By
Ed Kilgore
May 9, 2018
Drug Firm Paid Michael Cohen $1.2 Million for Insight Into Trump’s Policy Views
After one meeting with Cohen, Novartis realized that he had no knowledge of Trump’s health-care plans. It had to pay him $100,000 a month, anyway.
By
Eric Levitz
May 9, 2018
Trump Adds ‘Cutting Children’s Health Care’ to GOP’s 2018 Platform
Democrats say Republicans will pay for their tax cuts by taking health care from working people. Trump is about to affirm this campaign message.
By
Eric Levitz
May 3, 2018
Michigan’s Proposed Medicaid Work Requirement Comes With a Racist Twist
The bill exempts residents of high-unemployment rural areas, but hangs those in high-unemployment cities out to dry.
By
Adam K. Raymond
Apr. 10, 2018
Elderly White Voters Are Starting to Turn on the GOP
In 2016, older, college-educated white voters favored a Republican Congress by ten points. Today, they support a Democratic one.
By
Eric Levitz
Feb. 27, 2018
Study: Trump’s Obamacare Sabotage Will Leave Millions More Uninsured
The Urban Institute finds that Trump’s changes to Obamacare will increase premiums by 20 percent and leave 5 million more people uninsured.
By
Eric Levitz
Feb. 22, 2018
Liberal Think Tank Unveils New Alternative to Single-Payer Health Care
You can view the new CAP proposal as a sign of growing Democratic progressivism, or as a way to avoid the problems with single-payer plans.
By
Ed Kilgore
Feb. 22, 2018
The White House Accidentally Made the Case for Single-Payer Health Care
Trump’s team of economists argues that Medicaid is bad because it covers too few people.
By
Eric Levitz
Feb. 20, 2018
Trump Administration Proposes Obamacare-Flouting Health Plans
The administration is attempting to kill the law by a thousand cuts.
By
Benjamin Hart
Jan. 30, 2018
Amazon Should Not Be in Charge of Solving Our Health-Care Crisis
Democratically unaccountable private actors shouldn’t be responsible for performing the state’s traditional functions. But, increasingly, they are.
By
Eric Levitz
Dec. 5, 2017
On Tax Bill, Collins Accepted Health-Care Promises Written in Vanishing Ink
Turns out House Republicans don’t feel bound by the promises made to Susan Collins by Trump and McConnell to get her vote for the tax bill.
By
Ed Kilgore
Dec. 4, 2017
Will the Government Avoid a Shutdown? 5 Key Questions
A government shutdown is unlikely. But if talks wander onto non-spending topics, and each side thinks the other will be blamed, it could happen.
By
Ed Kilgore
consolidation
Dec. 3, 2017
CVS Finalizes $69 Billion Deal to Buy Aetna
The merger, if approved, could dramatically reshape the health-care industry.
By
Chas Danner
select all
Nov. 22, 2017
The Fight Over Net Neutrality Is a Protection Racket
Nice internet you have there — a shame if something happened to it.
By
Jacob Silverman
Oct. 31, 2017
Trump Moves to Gut Obamacare Benefits Requirements
It looks like another effort to sabotage Obamacare.
By
Ed Kilgore
Oct. 25, 2017
Would ‘Medicaid for All’ Cure What Ails Our Health-Care System?
An interview with Senator Brian Schatz on his new plan to let all Americans buy into the federal program.
By
Eric Levitz
Oct. 24, 2017
New GOP Obamacare ‘Fix’ Alternative Is Really Just a Poison Pill
The GOP has drafted a bill that won’t get any Democratic support.
By
Ed Kilgore
single-payer
Oct. 20, 2017
Democrats Must Soon Decide Whether Single-Payer Is a Litmus Test
Should Democrats abandon incremental approaches to health care?
By
Ed Kilgore
Oct. 18, 2017
Republicans Appear Uninterested in Deal to Fix Trump’s Obamacare Mess
Though Trump said he backs the deal reached by senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray, it got a cool response from Republican lawmakers.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Oct. 12, 2017
How Trump’s New Executive Order Could Kill Obamacare
The new rules are designed to dramatically increase premiums in the Obamacare marketplaces — potentially inducing their collapse.
By
Eric Levitz
Oct. 5, 2017
House Budget Vote Necessary, But Not Enough, in the GOP’s Tax Cut Plans
The GOP dissenters in the House’s vote on a budget resolution setting up tax cuts indicate some potential problems ahead for the GOP.
By
Ed Kilgore
Sept. 29, 2017
Tom Price Resigns as Health and Human Services Secretary
After reports emerged about his expensive private jet travel.
By
Benjamin Hart
Sept. 27, 2017
GOP Tax ‘Simplification’ Initiative So, So Complicated
You’d think a nice, modest, balanced tax cut would be easy for a GOP Congress and White House to execute. But the GOP keeps complicating it all.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national circus
Sept. 27, 2017
Frank Rich: Roy Moore’s Victory Only Adds to Trump’s Power Over the GOP
The president may have backed the wrong guy in Alabama’s Senate race, but the revolution continues.
By
Frank Rich
the national interest
Sept. 25, 2017
GOP’s Two-Pronged Strategy to Pass Health Care: Deceit and Reckless Speed
The willingness to blindly unleash sweeping and potentially catastrophic changes is a testament to an ongoing ideological mania.
By
Jonathan Chait
health care
Sept. 25, 2017
GOP Health Bill Now Includes More Blatant Bribes for Likely ‘No’ Votes
The new Graham-Cassidy is supposed to provide more money for Alaska and Maine, but policy experts say the Republicans’ math is wrong.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Sept. 24, 2017
Susan Collins Says It’s ‘Very Difficult’ to Imagine Supporting Graham-Cassidy
Another bad sign for the bill’s prospects.
By
Benjamin Hart
Sept. 22, 2017
No One Wants the Latest Trumpcare Bill — Except Right-Wing Billionaires
And for at least 48 Republican senators, that seems to be enough.
By
Eric Levitz
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