Both Obama and Romney have evolved on a health care mandate, just in opposite directions.
Health & Social Policy
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Health Care Play-Acting
Don’t take Republican proposals too seriously.
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What Romney Won’t Do On Health Care
He has awful plans that he’ll probably never implement.
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The War on Contraception Enters the Courts
A new lawsuit has petitioners fighting for the right to impose their beliefs on others with taxpayer money. And the federal courts, increasingly filled with the fringes of the Republican Party—might take the claims seriously.
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States Lag on Health Exchanges
State governments ceding control to feds on health insurance markets.
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Repeal and Pretend to Replace
Republicans say they want to keep the popular parts of Obamacare, but it’s politics over policy.
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What Romney’s Medicare Plan Actually Does
Yes, Medicare expenditures would be lowered—but on enrollees’ dime.
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Striking Down the PPACA: Still Not A Desirable Outcome
Jon Rauch has an imaginary dialogued with the late Ted Kennedy in which he argues that a Supreme Court decision striking down the Affordable Care Act (a k a the PPACA) might actually be good for liberals. “If the Supreme Court guts another important law and conservatives cheer even louder,” Rauch argues, “their credibility as […]
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Planned Parenthood Can’t Catch a Break
In Texas, a judicial panel rules the state can’t exclude Planned Parenthood from its Women’s Health Program, while in Arizona, lawmakers pass a measure to exclude the organization from all public funding.
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This Should Be Good News for Texas Planned Parenthood (But Isn’t)
A judge grants an injunction after lawmakers exclude the organization from the state’s Women’s Health Program—but if the lawsuit is successful, the state may shut down the whole program.