Twenty years after creating the country’s first paid family leave program, California ponders how to make it useful to those who need it most.
Health and Social Policy
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Another Private Equity–Style Hospital Raid Kills a Busy Urban Hospital
A nonprofit that endlessly boasts about its ‘inclusive culture’ decides it’s had enough of the ATL.
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Big Health Care Is Already Too Big
The UnitedHealthcare/Change Healthcare merger would make things even worse.
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Democrats in Danger of Missing the Marijuana Moment
Democrats and Republicans support cannabis legalization by huge majorities, but Congress and President Biden can’t get it done.
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Union Strikes California Hospital Giant Over Violations of Mental Health Laws
The National Union of Healthcare Workers says that Kaiser Permanente is not giving timely patient care. They want Gov. Gavin Newsom to enforce the law.
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Prescription Drug Price Reforms Won’t Happen for Years
Democrats continue to not learn the lesson that they shouldn’t pass a policy in 2022 that doesn’t kick in until 2026.
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Congress and the VA MISSION Act
Buyer’s remorse or full speed ahead?
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On Health Care, the Filibuster Means We Get Medicare for All or Nothing
Time to ditch this nonsensical fake tradition.
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Interview With a Straw Woman
She’s had 63 and a half abortions—will she now change her ways?
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Post-‘Roe,’ Transgender People Fear for the Future
States that restrict abortion access have also put harsh anti-trans laws on the books that threaten people’s lives.
