Trump administration and Republican policies, from the One Big Beautiful Bill to proposed Census changes, are pushing more households into poverty. Immigrants are hit hardest.
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Before the Fall
The number of Americans without health insurance is soaring this year. Last week’s Census Bureau report on the uninsured rate for 2025 is the last good news we’ll get for a while.
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The Health Care Crisis and How to Fix It
Democrats have glommed onto proposals such as the impractical Medicare for All and the inadequate public option. There’s a better way.
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The Onrushing Uninsurance Crisis
The uninsured rate is likely to soar to 11 percent this year. Skyrocketing private premiums are sure to follow.
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Half a Loaf From the Center for American Progress
The liberal think tank’s health care proposal is full of sound ideas that won’t deliver immediate relief. Here’s what would.
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Trump’s Not-So-Great Health Care Plan
Instead of making health care more affordable, Trump’s recently announced one-page plan is likely to raise costs and reduce coverage, says Georgetown University policy expert Edwin Park.
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Where Left and Right Both Go Wrong on Crime
The most promising ways to make America’s streets safer unsettle ideologues on both sides. Maybe that’s why we aren’t pursuing them.
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A Health Care Plan for the Midterms
If I were running for office this fall, here’s what I’d say: Protect families first.
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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?
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Reform on Ice
Trump’s undeclared war in the Middle East postpones the much-needed debate over health care affordability—the #1 issue bedeviling average Americans.
