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Medicare
August 3, 2017
Clio Chang
Where Are the Single-Payer Wonks?
The political momentum on the left for Medicare-for-All is gaining steam. But the policy is lagging behind.
August 3, 2017
Brian Beutler
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.
July 10, 2017
Graham Vyse
How to Sell “Medicare for All” to All Americans
Democrats increasingly support a single-payer health care system—and Republicans are already on the attack. Let the messaging wars begin.
July 3, 2017
Brian Beutler
Bernie Sanders and the Progressive Left’s Selfless Defense of Obamacare
If Republicans repeal the law, single-payer health care could become reality. And yet, unlike the conservative right, the left wing of the Democratic Party is putting the public interest over ideology.
June 30, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Heartless Tradeoff at the Heart of Trumpcare
One Republican senator's honesty about the GOP health care plan has raised an uncomfortable moral question for party leaders.
June 27, 2017
Jeet Heer
Republicans Are Lying Their Way Toward a Health Care Catastrophe
Trump and his enablers brazenly claim the GOP plan isn't a massive cut to Medicaid—and they just might get away with it long enough to screw millions of poor Americans.
June 19, 2017
Sarah Jones
It’s long past time Democrats raised hell about the secret GOP health care bill.
June 14, 2017
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Mary Pilon
Life at Trump Pavilion
How will the president’s budget affect the elderly? A visit to the nursing home that bears his name.
June 13, 2017
Clio Chang
How Democrats Can Save Medicaid For Good
Despite becoming a middle-class entitlement, Republicans still aren’t scared to gut the program. Why?
May 24, 2017
Brian Beutler
Will Republican Lies Catch Up to Them Before or After They Ruin People’s Lives?
May 9, 2017
Brian Beutler
Chris Murphy: We’ll hit Republican “liars” with Medicare-for-all if Trumpcare passes.
April 18, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trumpism Was Real—and Its Death Deserves to Be Mourned
The president is becoming a typical right-wing Republican, thereby preserving a flawed status quo.
April 12, 2017
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump ruined everything by hiring a bunch of movement conservatives who think he’s a sucker.
March 24, 2017
Brian Beutler
Why Trumpcare Failed
There is more to passing major legislation than possessing a mathematical majority in Congress.
March 24, 2017
Primary Concerns
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.
February 8, 2017
Brian Beutler
How Republicans Can Save Themselves From Their Obamacare Trap
January 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
Is Trump’s “insurance for everybody” vow really a contradiction of Republican plans?
December 9, 2016
Brian Beutler
Trump’s Distractions Will Provide Republican Cover to Rip Apart the Safety Net
November 3, 2016
Brian Beutler
The Trump Apocalypse Might Not Come, But the Republican One Will
The GOP was extreme under Obama. It may get much worse under Clinton.
October 5, 2016
Brian Beutler
Mike Pence Is Key to Donald Trump’s Biggest Con
But who is getting conned: Trump supporters or Republican elites?
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