Today on TAP: Upending the culture of ‘No We Can’t’
Medicare
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Warren’s Medicare for All Plan Includes No New Taxes on the Middle Class
The deeply detailed proposal cuts health care costs and finds other revenues, saving ordinary Americans $11 trillion in premiums and deductibles.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Pramila Jayapal Takes On Medicare for All’s Critics
The Progressive Caucus co-chair authored the House Medicare for All bill. She’s frustrated that Democrats are attacking the concept of universal health care for political advantage.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Warren Should Pay for Medicare for All
If the presidential candidate wants to avoid middle-class tax increases, she should vow to drastically push down health care provider prices.
Posted inTAP
How Elizabeth Warren Can Address the Medicare for All Question
Today on TAP: A focus on taxes tells only half the story
Posted inPolitics
The Medicare for All Cost Debate Is Extremely Dishonest
Biden and Buttigieg get to avoid the cost debate, though their own proposals, if successful, will almost surely cost as much as Sanders’s.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
A Closer Look at Nancy Pelosi’s Plan for Lower Drug Prices
The bill, H.R. 3, has gotten considerably stronger from its initial concept, but questions remain.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Steve Ricchetti, Top Biden Campaign Aide, Was a Health-Care Lobbyist
The vice president’s former chief of staff once represented hospitals and drug companies. Now he is part of a campaign that is attacking Medicare for All.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Best Part of Medicare for All That You Haven’t Heard About
Hint: It’s immensely more cost-effective than private insurance or even the Affordable Care Act.