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“If You’re Busting Your Butt, You Should Be Able to Get Ahead”

by Anne Kim October 14, 2026October 13, 2026

Third Way’s Jim Kessler discusses the think tank’s new policy agenda for middle-class America.

Then House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank presides over the committee’s hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 11, 2009.

Books

Barney Frank’s Last Harsh Warning to the Left

by Anne Kim September 15, 2026September 17, 2026

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a news conference in Detroit, Wednesday, August 19, 2026.

The Health Care Crisis and How to Fix It

by Merrill Goozner September 4, 2026September 4, 2026

Liberals Need to Care About the National Debt

by Anne Kim August 30, 2026August 31, 2026

Hospital prices continue to race ahead of price increases in other health care sectors. In the past year, so have hospital profits.

Profiting From Inflated Hospital Prices

by Merrill Goozner May 14, 2026May 13, 2026

A Health Care Plan for the Midterms

by Merrill Goozner March 11, 2026March 11, 2026

Attention Abroad: U.S. President Donald Trump provides an update on the Attack on Iran at a Medal of Honor Ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2026.

Reform on Ice

by Merrill Goozner March 5, 2026March 5, 2026

Democratic Candidates Should Shred Interest-Group Questionnaires

by Jim Kessler and Lanae Erickson March 12, 2025March 11, 2025

Jan-20-Longman-Derby

Featured, Health Care, January/February/March 2020, Magazine

How to End the Democrats’ Health Care Demolition Derby

by Phillip Longman January 12, 2020January 9, 2022

Bernie Sanders

Featured, Political Animal, Politics

The U.S. Cannot Finance Medicare for All

by Robert J. Shapiro January 9, 2020January 9, 2022