Softness in the Black vote and approval of the Affordable Care Act shows that the world has moved on since 2016, and Democrats need new ideas.
Affordable Care Act
Posted inDay One Agenda
How Biden Could Give Everyone Medicare on His Own
Okay—he won’t, but the creative application of existing laws that would allow it reflects exactly how a Biden administration needs to be thinking.
Posted inPolitics
Yet Another Health Care Election
The way to end the interminable battle over the Affordable Care Act is to deliver affordable care.
Posted inPolitics
In Illinois, the Pandemic Powers Lauren Underwood’s Re-Election Bid
Health insurance fears swept the young African American nurse into Congress, and COVID-19 fears are likely to keep her there.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Amy Coney Barrett Will Take Away Your Healthcare in a Pandemic, Democrats Warn
Plus, commercial real estate collapses. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for September 28, 2020.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
It’s Time to Take the Wraps off Medicaid
The program, expanded under the Affordable Care Act, has been a lifeline during the pandemic, and could reach even more families with minimal government effort.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Pelosi Can Save Obamacare With a One-Line Amendment
By repealing the individual mandate, which is now functionally inert, the House Speaker can invalidate a push to eliminate the Affordable Care Act.
Posted inTAP
The Non-Plan to Replace the ACA Isn’t Just Trump’s
Today on TAP: Republicans have had over ten years to come up with an alternative
Posted inCoronavirus
A Guide to the Nightmare of Getting Health Insurance in a Pandemic
It’s really simple, unless you live in the United States of America.
Posted inTAP
Laid-Off Workers Lost Health Coverage: Where’s Pelosi?
Today on TAP: Debates over COBRA impede congressional action