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For Democrats, a New Way to Make Health Care Affordable

by Merrill Goozner December 2, 2025February 3, 2026

Trump approval: President Donald Trump walks over to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach Fla., on his way back to the White House, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump’s Poll Numbers Just Entered the Danger Zone

by Bill Scher November 18, 2025November 17, 2025

A food truck is parked near the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.

Government Shutdown Fallout: A Reminder That We Still Need Health Care for Gig Workers, Sole Proprietors

by David Atkins October 22, 2025October 22, 2025

Democrats' Government Shutdown Strategy: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, are gambling with government shutdown brinkmanship. But Trump’s plan for mass federal layoffs is proof he won’t negotiate in good faith, and the Democrats need to walk away.

The Democrats’ Shutdown Strategy Is Bad. Trump’s Is Worse

by Bill Scher September 26, 2025September 25, 2025

Fighting to Protect Public Health in the Trump Era

by David Masciotra September 8, 2025September 8, 2025

Trump vs. Biden: Who Got More Done on Health Care?

by Merrill Goozner April 7, 2024April 7, 2024

November/December 2023

My Parkinson’s Crisis—And Ours

by E. Fuller Torrey and Wendy Simmons October 29, 2023October 29, 2023

Private Equity and Its Hospitals

by Merrill Goozner March 24, 2023March 23, 2023

Amazon’s Health Care Ambitions

by Merrill Goozner September 8, 2022September 15, 2022

Fifty Years After the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Black Health Care Continues to Lag

by Rhoda Feng July 26, 2022July 27, 2022

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