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Is Health Insurance Worth the Cost? Feb. 19, 2020
Dear Carrie: I just looked at my health insurance bill, and the monthly premiums are almost as much ... Read More
Before Fixing Tomorrow, Democrats Must Fix Today Feb. 18, 2020
Like all candidates, Democrats focus their campaigns on what they will do if elected. Progressives o... Read More
Winning Means Coming in First Feb. 08, 2020
In my more than half a century of hanging around the clubhouses and campaign halls of American polit... Read More
President Claims To Champion Obamacare's Top Benefit While Trying To Kill It Jan. 16, 2020
With the blizzard of lies President Donald Trump regularly spouts, it's impractical to correct him e... Read More
Reforming Antiquated Medical-Coverage System Would Save Lives -- and Money Jan. 14, 2020
Compared to other advanced countries, Americans pay something like $8,000 a year per household in un... Read More
If Killing Obamacare Is a Good Idea, Why Does the GOP Want to Wait Until After the Election? Jan. 09, 2020
Republicans want to have it both ways regarding the Affordable Care Act: They want the courts to kil... Read More
Court Ruling Sustains Obamacare, But Health Care of Millions Remains Threatened Jan. 07, 2020
A U.S. appeals court last month declined to invalidate the Affordable Care Act, which has already be... Read More
How Crazy Is Warren's Health Care Plan? Nov. 14, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants "Medicare for All," as does Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., her se... Read More
I Told You Obama Was a Moderate Nov. 10, 2019
Who would have ever thought that in his post-presidency years, Barack Obama would take a hard turn t... Read More
Administration Says It Will Protect Obamacare -- Until After the Election Oct. 09, 2019
Like a dog that finally catches a car and suddenly discovers it wishes it hadn't, the Trump administ... Read More
A Little Good News (Maybe) in the Culture War Oct. 02, 2019
Last week brought some good news — or what should have been good news — regarding one of... Read More
GOP Faces Risk of Success in Tossing Millions Off Coverage With Obamacare Suit Jul. 12, 2019
Republicans are facing the old axiom of "be careful what you wish for," following a federal court he... Read More
A Declining Population Need Not Cause Angst May. 28, 2019
Total births in the United States fell last year to about 3.79 million, the smallest number in 32 ye... Read More
Trump, Hawley Bid to Kill Obamacare Endangers America's Health -- and the GOP's. Mar. 28, 2019
In its place, the White House offers mendacious rhetoric about bringing more and better coverage to ... Read More
Mueller Report Is What Democrats Needed Mar. 27, 2019
Many Democrats don't get this, but the Mueller report has done them a great service. Concluding no c... Read More
The Dangerous Allure of 'Medicare for All' Jan. 31, 2019
Like an oasis shimmering before parched travelers in a sunbaked desert, "Medicare for all" holds a p... Read More
May You Be Healthy and Covered in 2019 Dec. 18, 2018
A federal judge in Texas just threw out the Affordable Care Act root and branch. If the decision wer... Read More
Eyes on the Progressives Nov. 27, 2018
Says the cartoon boxer, lying flat on the canvas, to the towering, glowering brute who put him there... Read More
Persuasion, Power and Fraud Nov. 15, 2018
In a free democratic republic, public policy should be a matter of persuasion. That is, those runnin... Read More
No, Republicans Are Not the Party of Pre-Existing Condition Protection. Nov. 02, 2018
With Election Day looming, Republicans around the country, at every ballot level, are engaged in a p... Read More
