Annie Lowrey explains how the largely hidden “Time Tax,” built on government parsimony and bureaucratic hurdles, screws the poor and working class.
Medicaid cuts
Posted inHealth Care
Budget Cuts, Deaths, and the First Anniversary of Trump’s Disastrous Budget
July 4 is America’s birthday and the first anniversary of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the health care cuts that followed.
Posted inNewsletter
Democrats’ “Branding Problem” Is a Literal One
MAGA has mountains of merch. Why don’t Democrats?
Posted inHealth Care
A Health Care Plan for the Midterms
If I were running for office this fall, here’s what I’d say: Protect families first.
Posted inNewsletter
The Corporate Conspiracy of Silence on “Affordability”
Some of America’s biggest companies rely on public benefits to subsidize their employees. Why aren’t they defending their workers against cuts?
Posted inNewsletter
The GOP’s Cruel Plans for Another Big Ugly Bill
The Republican Study Committee’s framework for a second reconciliation bill aims to make life even more miserable for immigrants, including legal residents.
Posted inHealth Care
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.
Posted inPolitics
The Republican Disaster Relief Disaster and the Democratic Path Forward
Trump’s high rejection rate of disaster aid requests is indicative of a radical libertarian view of the federal government, which Democrats know how to skewer.
Posted inPolitics
The Republican Budget Reconciliation Bill Is Awful. Just Ask Republicans
Senate Republicans passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill after telling us how ugly it is.
Posted inPolitics Roundtable
GOP Budget Bill: One Big Betrayal
On today’s episode: Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” turns on his own voters, Zohran Mamdani topples Cuomo in New York, and the Iran strike may have backfired.
