Republicans know that soon-to-spike health insurance costs are political poison but have no antidote. Maybe the sex-trafficking disclosure can spur them to contain premium hikes.
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Republicans Have Stopped Pretending to Care About Health Care
The long-term medical cost crisis can’t be solved without universal coverage. For the first time in U.S. history, the GOP doesn’t even have a concept of a plan.
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Democrats Have Every Reason to Dig in Their Heels
For once, the opposition party has the upper hand in a shutdown showdown. The new statement from the American Federation of Government Employees doesn’t change that.
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Government Shutdown Fallout: A Reminder That We Still Need Health Care for Gig Workers, Sole Proprietors
Fortunately, the Washington Monthly offers solutions.
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Trump’s Historically Bad First Month of Polls Should Terrify Republicans
Trump’s Historically Bad First Month of Polls Should Terrify Republicans. A steady presidential poll slide with a midterm election on the horizon could, and should, focus the mind.
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Trump Will Break the Federal Government. The Washington Monthly Can Fix It.
To break the MAGA stranglehold on the White House, the Senate, and the House, America needs good ideas that can win elections and make government work. That’s where the Monthly comes in.
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Harris Wants Medicare to Cover Home Care While Trump Will Roll Back Obamacare
The alarms ought to be ringing. A GOP victory means gutting the Affordable Care Act and its Medicaid subsidies. Harris plans to help the tens of millions of Americans taking care of an infirmed loved one—the policies you need to know for Election Day.
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Vance Lied to Conceal Trump’s Plan to Destroy Obamacare
Vance lied to conceal Trump’s plan to destroy Obamacare: The Republican’s grotesque claim that Trump “salvaged” the Affordable Care Act hasn’t received nearly the outrage and attention it deserves. Here are the facts.
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The Sorry State of Maternal Health Care in America—And Signs of Hope
In Mississippi and other red states, Republicans are coming around to expanding Medicaid benefits for new mothers. It’s about time.
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The Deeply Flawed Narrative That Joe Biden Bought
Left critics and self-hating Democrats believe that Obama was a Republican-indulging compromiser. So did Biden and his appointees, who were determined to outdo Obama using narrow Democratic control of Congress. Why they blew it.
