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  • Health & Science
    History (of Health Insurance Greed) Repeats Itself
    October 11, 2016
    | Wendell Potter
    It doesn't take a psychic to predict that health insurance carriers will return to the Obamacare fold in 2017 with dollar signs in their eyes.
  • Health & Science
    Make the Public Option Central to the 2016 Campaign
    September 20, 2016
    | John Nichols
    Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and others issue a call to hold insurance companies accountable “with a public, Medicare-like option available to every American.”
  • Health & Science
    Drugs and Privilege: Big Business, Congress and the EpiPen
    August 30, 2016
    | Michael Winship
    This new price gouge is the latest example of a corrupt system that hurts regular Americans — but we will hold accountable those who are responsible.
  • Inequality
    Of Rotten Apples and Rotten Systems
    December 24, 2015
    | Robert Reich
    Martin Shkreli played the same game many others are playing on Wall Street and in corporate suites. He was just more audacious about it.
  • Inequality
    Paul Ryan's Seven Terrible Ideas
    December 6, 2015
    | Robert Reich
    The former labor secretary runs down the "dumb ideas" Ryan clings to including tax relief for the rich, Medicaid block grants for the states, Medicare vouchers for seniors and slashing the safety net.
  • Inequality
    Robert Reich Explains Why Paul Ryan's Agenda is Terrible
    December 6, 2015
    | Robert Reich
    The former labor secretary runs down the "dumb ideas" Ryan clings to including tax relief for the rich, Medicaid block grants for the states, Medicare vouchers for seniors and slashing the safety net.
  • Paul Ryan Wants to Shut Down the Government, Permanently
    October 22, 2015
    | Dean Baker
    Journalists are fond of saying what a "budget wonk" Ryan is, but they never talk about what he actually says about the budget.
  • Bernie Sanders Wants to Spend $18 Trillion: So What?
    September 19, 2015
    | James Kwak
    At the end of the day, what really matters is the amount of money that the American people spend for health care.
  • Sanders: "End the Great American Drug Heist"
    September 4, 2015
    | Robert Borosage
    This week, Sen. Bernie Sanders took on Big PhRMA, the all-powerful prescription drug company lobby, by demanding an end to the Great American Drug Heist.
  • Kevin Prindiville: Protect and Strengthen Medicare and Medicaid
    January 24, 2015
    | Kevin Prindiville
    The government health care programs turn 50 this year. One advocate argues that rising health care costs mean that strengthening and improving them is more important than ever.


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