Robert Reich: Wealthy and Companies Should Pay More Tax
Now Republicans are giving tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, they've stopped worrying about deficits.
Reporters' Ignorance Gives Trump a Break on Tax Cuts
Articles refer to the estate tax in a way that makes it seem even less generous than it already is.
Meet Bill Cassidy, Leading Obamacare Repeal Charge
The Louisiana senator has become the point person for Obamacare repeal. How he got here.
Hard Cash Could Buy Graham-Cassidy Obamacare Repeal
Buying off Alaska runs the risk of alienating Senators from other states, who might also demand sweetheart treatment.
Bernie's Universal Healthcare System Would Be Disaster
Richard Epstein writes that in single payer systems, healthcare services are rationed by queuing, not money.
It Would Be Reckless to Tear Up Dodd-Frank
Amending rather than replacing would offer more safeguards against systemic collapse.
Robert Reich: Trump and Tea Party At Odds Over Tax Cuts
You can't give the rich and corporations a big cut and also reduce the deficit. Unless you borrow.
Robert Reich It's High Time For Single Payer Healthcare
In France, an appendectomy costs $4,463. Here, it's $13,851.
How to Bring Down the Cost of Health Insurance Premiums
Every year, Americans spend $210 billion on needless medical services.
Harvey Offers a Great Excuse to Raise the Debt Ceiling
Michael Dorf writes that even Republicans realize that if the government spends more and taxes less it will need to borrow more.
Failure to Repeal Obamacare Makes Repubicans Vulnerable
His vote on healthcare is costing one GOP congressman 11 points, mostly among independents.
Why Mortgage Tax Relief Should Be Abolished
The subsidy for homeowners doesn't increase the number of homes owned.
Will Cropping Pig Organs End Waits for Transplants?
Pig organs are the right size, but there are two problems standing in the way.
Americans Decide Universal Healthcare Is a Basic Right
The threat of Obamacare repeal has changed attitudes towards ensuring every American has health coverage.
The Dems Are Wrong on Prescription Drug Prices
Their proposal to abandon Medicare's Part D drug benefit won't bring down the cost of drugs.
Would Universal Health Care Affect Taxes?
There is no free lunch, but this is how the rest of the civilized world does it, and it works.
Single-Payer Health Care at the State Level is Doomed
While states have been innovators with regards to many policies, fiscal issues and regulatory limitations will most likely preclude states from pursuing sweeping health reform.
Doctors, Not Insurers, Should Take Medical Decisions
Insurers are refusing to cover prescribed treatments, even when patients have paid their premiums.
Why the GOP Failed to Repeal and Replace Obamacare
The legacy of Medicaid, interest groups' opposition and the popularity of Obamacare ensured that Republicans would fail to "repeal and replace."
Taxing Employer-Funded Health Insurance? A Disaster
Nearly half of employees say they'd quit within a year if their employers stopped offering insurance.
Should the Dems in Congress Oppose Everything?
Neil Buchanan writes that they Democrats can say, 'We have no power to stop you, so we are not going to do anything to help you.'
Why Is Health Care So Difficult to Solve?
Once something gets going in government, it's really hard to stop it, because it develops a constituency that agitates to protect it.
How Does Insurance Impact How Doctors Treat Patients?
I've given up expecting logic or honesty from insurance companies.
Trump Supporters Relying on Obamacare Want It Destroyed
Some Americans would like to see their health insurance self-destruct.
Sanders Says He's 'Absolutely' Introducing Single-Payer
"We're just tweaking the final points of the bill and we're figuring out how we can mount a national campaign to bring people together," Sanders said Sunday.
Can Trump Strip Health Care From Members of Congress?
"If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!" Trump tweeted Saturday.
Have Democrats Ever Changed the Affordable Care Act?
The Affordable Care Act became law in 2010, but it was phased in gradually and didn't fully take effect until 2014.
GOP Aims to Kill Obamacare After 70 Documented Failures
Newsweek found at least 70 examples of Republican-led efforts to repeal, modify or otherwise curb the Affordable Care Act since its inception as law on March 23, 2010.
Killing the ACA Could Hurt States Trump Won the Most
West Virginia is a state that has been aggressive in taking advantage of opportunities offered by the federal government under the Affordable Care Act.
McCain Is Too Unwell to Take Big Decisions, Like Voting
Before his diagnosis, McCain's questioning of Comey was charitably described as "bizarre." He brushed it off as "tiredness."