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.
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Posted inHealth Care
The Doctor Shortage Is Here—and Getting Worse
Ways to address the demographic, immigration, and policy mess before it’s too late.
Posted inEconomy
Income Inequality and the Trust Funds Shortfalls
Both the Social Security and Medicare trust funds face exhaustion by 2033 because more of the nation’s total income goes to the rich, and much of their growing share goes untaxed.
Posted inPodcast
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.
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 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 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
Trump’s Concepts of a Non-plan on Health Care
The so-called Great Health Care Plan would do next to nothing to lower overall costs or premiums paid by individuals, families, and employers.
Posted inPodcast
Congress Has Bankrupted America’s Future
Reckless tax and budget policies have stifled upward mobility for young and working-class Americans, says budget expert Eugene Steuerle.
