Thousands of VA health care workers have been fired. Private-sector replacements will be worse.
privatization
Posted inPolitics
Reclaiming the Public Realm
Trump’s destruction and the needed rebuilding should be a theme in every election between now and 2028.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump’s Sneak Attack on Medicare
For the first time, required pre-authorizations are coming to traditional Medicare.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Privatizing Speculative Gain, Socializing Risk
Trump’s grand design for Fannie Mae ignorantly repeats a sordid history.
Posted inEducation in America
Borrowers Besieged
Student debtors are under attack on all sides. Government contractors make their life miserable, and financial predators are poised to capitalize.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
VA Secretary Collins: Indifferent to Public’s and Congressional Opposition to His Gutting Veterans’ Care
In congressional testimony, he refused to take responsibility for his drastic downsizing.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Medicare Fraud? Insider Trading? Another New CEO? Just a Normal Week at UnitedHealth.
While senators demand investigation of insider trading, the DOJ is reportedly looking into massive fraud.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Republicans Break the Weather
The private sector can’t match the value proposition of the National Weather Service, but companies work to entice Americans to pay up anyway. What happens if they can’t?
Posted inWorking in America
Inside the VA’s War on Unions
How some (but not all) VA unions became a national-security threat
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump Opens the Door to More Medicare Advantage Fraud
Private insurance companies just got a massive boost to their payments through the program, while DOGE fires the people responsible for oversight.
