Campaign contributions from health care’s major players continue to flow to the GOP despite the party’s predatory behavior toward the insurance system and public health.
Medicare for All
Posted inPodcast
“If You’re Busting Your Butt, You Should Be Able to Get Ahead”
Third Way’s Jim Kessler discusses the think tank’s new policy agenda for middle-class America.
Posted inBooks
Barney Frank’s Last Harsh Warning to the Left
The late congressman’s posthumous book condemns dogmatic insistence on unpopular ideas and offers a roadmap for reconciliation between the center and the left.
Posted inHealth Care
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.
Posted inNewsletter
Liberals Need to Care About the National Debt
Reining in the debt is the only way to achieve progressive goals.
Posted inHealth Care
Profiting From Inflated Hospital Prices
This week’s CPI report shows hospital prices continue to race ahead of price increases in other health care sectors. In the past year, so have hospital profits.
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 inHealth Care
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.
Posted inPolitics
Democratic Candidates Should Shred Interest-Group Questionnaires
They are landmine-laden, jargon-filled traps for anyone trying to build a winning coalition. Just ask Kamala Harris.
Posted inFeatured, Health Care, January/February/March 2020, Magazine
How to End the Democrats’ Health Care Demolition Derby
The fight over Medicare for All is destroying the party’s 2020 chances. “Medicare Prices for All” is the way out.
