The biggest impact will come in response to what this bill does to the federal deficit.
Medicaid
Posted inMagazine, November/December 2017
The Dialysis Machine
How Medicare steers low-income and minority kidney patients toward the hell of dialysis—and keeps two big companies rolling in profits.
Posted inPolitical Animal
There’s Not an Ounce of Populism in the Republican Budget
Tax cuts for the wealthy paired with cuts to entitlement programs are simply more of the same from Republicans.
Posted inBooks, College Guide, Featured, Magazine, September/October 2017
The Health Care Debate We’re Not Having
Two new books show how access to health care is only part of the problem.
Posted inPolitical Animal
A Next Step Toward Universal Health Care: Medicaid For More
Making Medicaid buy-in the public option on the exchanges is an easy way to further expand coverage.
Posted inMain, Political Animal
Why I Think McConnell’s Bill Is Doomed
The GOP is too divided over Medicaid to come to an agreement on McConnell’s bill.
Posted inPolitical Animal
We Shouldn’t Follow the Texas Model on Women’s Reproductive Health
The state’s rising rates of abortion and maternal mortality are something to be ashamed of, not replicated.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Governors Led the Revolt Against the GOP Health Care Bill
A bipartisan group of governors helped kill McConnell’s health care bill.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Kellyanne Conway Reveals the Real Motivation Behind Medicaid Cuts
It all comes down to the classic Republican argument about the undeserving poor.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Medicaid Could Assume the Role of a Public Option
Nevada could launch the next step towards cost containment and universal coverage.
