By repealing the individual mandate, which is now functionally inert, the House Speaker can invalidate a push to eliminate the Affordable Care Act.
Agenda 2020
Posted inPolitics
America’s Next President: Warren Sanders
The ‘team’ we need to make America decent again
Posted inEducation in America
The Emerging Democratic Support for Teachers Unions
A presidential forum in Pittsburgh last week cemented a unified endorsement of public education—at least in public.
Posted inPolitics
Pabulum From Mayor Pete
Buttigieg used his dry wit to connect at The Washington Post, but his cluelessness on racism seems remarkably intact.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Climate Crisis and the White Working Class
Does it really matter to these swing voters? You bet it does.
Posted inPolitics
Blue Dog Consultant Working With Industry Group Lobbying Against Health Care Reform
Kristen Hawn, a communications consultant, appears on emails with industry-backed groups strategizing against health care changes.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
African Americans Already Know Pete Buttigieg Very Well
He’s shown that he doesn’t understand the daily realities of being black in America.
Posted inPolitics
What Obama Really Wants
His interventions in the presidential race are music to the ears of the wealthy and powerful.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
‘Building on Obamacare’ Means Expanding Government-Run Insurance Coverage
The Medicaid expansion has unequivocally been the most successful part of the Affordable Care Act, and the best part to build upon.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Medicare-for-All Real Deal
It’s past time to dispense with the scare tactics and accept that Americans would be better off without for-profit, corporate insurers.
