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June 27, 2017
Primary Concerns
Mitch McConnell’s “Unconscionable” Health Care Bill
Kentucky's former governor, Steve Beshear, has some choice words for the Republican leader and for Democrats trying to stop Trumpcare.
June 26, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump’s “No one will lose coverage” is turning out to be the worst campaign promise since “Read my lips.”
June 26, 2017
Graham Vyse
Medical and elderly groups are horrified by Trumpcare.
June 26, 2017
Scott Lemieux
How the Supreme Court Screwed Obamacare
That Republicans are on the verge of repealing the law can be partly attributed to the tortured legal reasoning of Chief Justice John Roberts.
June 26, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Democrats’ Last Best Chance to Rescue Obamacare
It isn't strident opposition, but backchannel negotiations with persuadable Republican senators.
June 25, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Twin Authoritarians Who Are Endangering American Democracy
Trump's kleptocratic, autocratic tendencies are matched by McConnell's destruction of democratic norms. Both are an existential threat.
June 23, 2017
Clio Chang
Does Donald Trump know what’s in the Senate health care bill?
June 23, 2017
Alex Shephard
Is Donald Trump the Last Line of Defense for Obamacare?
Congress is well on its way to passing legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act. But the president knows the risks of signing it into law.
June 23, 2017
Brian Beutler
There’s a Health Care Lesson for Republicans in the Shooting of Steve Scalise
The GOP is attempting to expose millions of Americans to the kind of financial ruin that he has avoided—for now.
June 22, 2017
Sarah Jones
The Senate health care bill is a blatant attack on America’s most vulnerable.
June 22, 2017
Brian Beutler
Here’s proof that the secret Republican “health care” bill is really a millionaire tax cut bill.
June 22, 2017
Clio Chang
Republicans are lying about Medicaid.
June 22, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump took a victory lap last night. It might be the last one he takes for a long time.
June 22, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Media Bias Toward “New” News Helped the GOP Hide Its Secret Health Care Plan
June 20, 2017
Primary Concerns
Fighting the Secret Plan to End Obamacare
Democratic strategist and CNN political analyst Hilary Rosen explains why health care should be Democrats' first, second, and third priorities right now.
June 20, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Republican Party’s Contempt for Truth
Senate Republicans claim their secretive health care process is no different than the Democrats' Obamacare passage. It's a lie, and they know it.
June 20, 2017
Clio Chang
It will take the Senate only 10 hours to ram through the worst legislation in living memory.
June 20, 2017
Alex Shephard
Are Democrats finally going to win a race in the Trump era?
June 19, 2017
Brian Beutler
If Democrats don’t stop Trumpcare, don’t call it a failure.
June 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Do not shed a tear for the Republican senators complaining about the health care bill’s secrecy.
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