The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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1 Year After Repeal of Individual Mandate, Health Coverage At Risk for More Americans
That element of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, along with other actions taken by the Trump Administration, are contributing to higher premiums, less coverage and more uninsured.
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GOP Hypocrisy on Steroids: The Assault on Obamacare’s Individual Mandate
Twenty states, backed by Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, are trying in the courts to dismantle the law by attacking what they see as its Achilles heel: the individual mandate.
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What the Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan Plan Says About For-Profit Health Insurance
The three paragons of capitalist success have just made one of the strongest arguments yet in favor of single-payer healthcare.
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Texas Activists Combine Social Media With Old-School Tactics to Resist Conservative Agenda
Intersectional movements are helping the left gain ground, not just play defense.
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Sen. Cassidy Believes States are Better Suited to Run Healthcare but Not Flood Insurance
The National Flood Insurance Program isn't nearly as contentious as the ACA, giving the Louisiana senator more political legroom to advocate for federal management over flood insurance. The irony, given the GOP's latest healthcare setback, is hard to miss.
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As Sanders Prepared Medicare Bill, Health Care Lobbyists Bankrolled Senate Democrats
Corporate lobbyists for some of the nation’s major private insurers and drug companies poured huge sums of money into Senate Democrats’ fundraising accounts. Now, many of those lawmakers are refusing to back the Medicare bill.
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"Obscene": 70 Top Healthcare CEOs Raked in $9.8 Billion Since 2010
"The median household income in 2015 was $56,515, which the average healthcare CEO made in less than a day."
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New Poll Shows Nation Moving Left on Healthcare, Embracing Medicare for All
The poll shows that 62 percent of Americans believe it is the federal government's responsibility to guarantee healthcare for all.
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Kids in Pro-Trump Rural Areas Have A Lot to Lose If GOP Rolls Back Medicaid
In 780 mostly rural counties across the country — the vast majority of which went for Trump — more than half the children rely for coverage on Medicaid and the related Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, which will be cut.
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Trump Officials Overseeing Health Care Overhaul Previously Lobbied for Health Insurance Firms
Senior Health and Human Services Administration appointees previously worked for insurers seeking to influence the consumer regulations mandated by the ACA.
