Today on TAP: Biden’s latest order is well-intentioned, but the caring economy needs a lot more money.
Medicaid
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Idaho’s Abortion Fixation Decimates Rural Health Care
New restrictions have fueled a physician exodus, ramped up rural health disparities, and will invite the inevitable court challenges.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Fight for Mental Health Parity
The expiration of the COVID public-health emergency will make it harder to obtain treatment. But hurdles already existed in the law.
Posted inPolitics
The American Rescue Plan’s Hidden Triumphs
Medicaid expansion in North Carolina and Eli Lilly’s insulin price cuts are largely due to the March 2021 law.
Posted inTAP
A Small Victory Over Big Pharma
Today on TAP: Eli Lilly announces insulin price caps, but keep an eye on the footnotes.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Last Pandemic Welfare Supports Get Kicked Out
Expirations around Medicaid and food stamps reinforce how Democrats failed to live up to professed ambitions on the welfare state.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Republicans Furiously Defend Insurance Company Looting of Medicare
Medicare Advantage is a scam. That’s why conservatives love it.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Republicans Are Coming for Your Social Security and Medicare
The party of starving grandma returns to its roots.
Posted inPolitics
‘Pro-Life’: America’s Most Patently Absurd Misnomer
The relationship between anti-abortion states and concern for human life is certifiably inverse.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
On Health Care, the Filibuster Means We Get Medicare for All or Nothing
Time to ditch this nonsensical fake tradition.
