“Let’s Take A Step Back”: Despite Crappy Journalism, Things That Are Still...
It’s been a pretty intense month on the health-care front, what with the beginning of open enrollment for the new exchanges giving rise to lots of disingenuous fulminating from Republicans, not to...
View Article“Medicaid Matters”: Where Is The Outrage Over GOP Governors Cutting Off...
E.J. Dionne Jr. raises an argument in his column this morning that’s been getting short shrift by too much of the political world lately: Medicaid expansion matters, and far too many state Republican...
View Article“Ideology Versus Pragmatism”: Republicans Consider Stripping Health Insurance...
In Arkansas, approximately 83,000 low-income residents are in danger of losing their health insurance as early as July 1. In 2013, Arkansas’ Republican-controlled legislature devised an alternative...
View Article“In Addition To Honesty, It Requires Accountability”: Ryan Unsuited To Lead...
These days, a favorite talking point of Republican Congressman Paul Ryan’s is calling for an “adult conversation” about poverty. “It’s time for an adult conversation,” he told The Washington Post. “If...
View Article“Saving That ‘Worthless’ Medicaid”: The Idea Of ‘Worthless’ Is Correlated To...
As noted earlier today, it’s the 50th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid. I strongly suspect the former will get more attention, because it’s a non-means tested program with an...
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