Expirations around Medicaid and food stamps reinforce how Democrats failed to live up to professed ambitions on the welfare state.
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Republicans Furiously Defend Insurance Company Looting of Medicare
Medicare Advantage is a scam. That’s why conservatives love it.
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Leader of Women’s Policy Giant Out Following Prospect Investigation
C. Nicole Mason, president and CEO of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, will no longer lead the organization following allegations of toxic management that led to high turnover and reduced research capacity.
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Moderna’s COVID Vaccine Price Hike Reveals Government’s Failure
The U.S. co-invented the mRNA vaccine. So why doesn’t it act like it?
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The Inevitable Prosecutions of Women Who Obtain Abortions
The attorney general of Alabama finally went where the logic of the anti-abortion movement has long pointed.
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States Struggle to Provide Mental Health Care for K-12 Students
Despite new federal funding, ongoing threats to the well-being of children and youth mean funding for school-based services is a constant challenge.
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Ashish Jha and the Moral Horror of Too Little Progress
The new position of White House pandemic preparedness director requires boldness on intellectual property.
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Rural Pennsylvanians Stranded by Health Care Giants
Insurer UPMC and its new pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts are squeezing local independent pharmacies, with residents caught in the crossfire.
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Best of 2022: Ramenda Cyrus
Our John Lewis Writing Fellow offers her favorite stories of the year.
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Biden Must Wield the Power of the Defense Production Act to Rein In the Tripledemic
America is in for a rough winter, but the government can help.
