Health Care Policy Is Always a Human Interest Story
It does your readers no good to keep them at a remove from the partisan politics that built this calamitous system.
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The Big Budget Deal Isn’t Irresponsible
Fiscal scolds say the bipartisan agreement will irreparably damage the country. In truth, it will help those hurt the most by the Great Recession.
How the Media Is Abetting the GOP’s War on “Welfare”
Bill Clinton already ended welfare as we knew it. So what, exactly, are Republicans after now?
Can Obamacare Survive Without the Individual Mandate?
How the Republican tax bill will resolve a decade-old Democratic fight
Is the Republican Tax Plan Intentionally Sloppy?
Rich Americans and state governments will game the new rules, thereby reducing federal revenue and endangering programs for the poor.
Inside Maine’s Fight to Expand Medicaid
The state's voters have demanded better health care. Will their governor get in the way again?
The Gross Inequality of Organ Transplants in America
There’s a nationwide organ shortage, but how long patients wait for a transplant can depend on how much money they have.
Arresting Disabled Bodies
How disabled activists turned the fight for Medicaid into a battle for civil rights
Why Republicans Should Defend Obamacare
The GOP's hatred of the Affordable Care Act is blinding them to an obvious strategy to regain the upper hand in the health care fight. But that would require accepting the ACA as the law of the land.
Trump Desperately Wants a “Win.” That’s Why He Should Reject Obamacare Repeal.
The president is torn between destroying Obama’s legacy and helping the “forgotten men and women” of America. The smart decision is clear.
Trumpcare Is a Giant Slush Fund
A provision in the Senate's bill gives states near-carte blanche to spend health care money on whatever they want.
Trumpcare Will Kill People. Why Is That So Hard to Accept?
Despite what the GOP's allies have suggested, talking about preventable deaths is not a partisan cheap shot.
Life at Trump Pavilion
How will the president’s budget affect the elderly? A visit to the nursing home that bears his name.
How Democrats Can Save Medicaid For Good
Despite becoming a middle-class entitlement, Republicans still aren’t scared to gut the program. Why?
How Trumpcare Turns Back the Clock on Disability Rights
To its great shame, the government is poised to reverse many of the victories disability activists have achieved.
The Four Flagrant Lies Republicans Are Telling to Sell Trumpcare
GOP congressmen spent the weekend misleading the public about what will happen if the American Health Care Act becomes law.
Why Trumpcare Failed
There is more to passing major legislation than possessing a mathematical majority in Congress.
This is What a Death Spiral Looks Like
A leading legal mind looks ahead to the coming fights over health care, in a Supreme Court that's about to swing right again.
Why Paul Ryan Can’t Quit Donald Trump
He's too close to achieving a decades-old dream of conservative revolution.
