Democrats need a much more wide-ranging economic and public-health response—and right away.
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Trump’s Economy Goes Viral
Today on TAP: The potential risks and lessons of a COVID-19 pandemic
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Next, Martial Law
Today on TAP: Trump is about to discover the extraordinary powers granted to a president in a national emergency
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The Virus Has Claimed Its First American Victim
Today on TAP: That would be Donald J. Trump
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How the Coronavirus Could Reignite a Lurking Debt Bomb
Many have called corporate debt the ‘next financial crisis.’ That never made much sense—until, just possibly, now.
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The Trump Administration’s Contemptuous, Pro-Corporate Response to Coronavirus
The incompetence and greed of this administration could now literally cost many Americans their lives in a major public-health crisis.
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Surprise! You’re Still Getting That Unexpected Medical Bill
Why surprise billing legislation broke down, and how the coronavirus outbreak makes this unforgivable—and potentially deadly.
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Behind the Coronavirus Threat, a Middleman Destroying Prescription Drug Markets
Group purchasing organizations (GPOs) have driven many of the generic drug manufacturers out of business, and pushed those remaining to locate factories in China, ground zero for the epidemic.
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A Viral Recession: Trump’s Just Desert
Today on TAP: The president will have to own the economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak
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There Is No Small-Government Response to a Pandemic
Battling the coronavirus is challenging after years of deep cuts to outbreak prevention and response programs.
