The April issue of AARP Bulletin has an interesting chart (which unfortunately doesn’t seem to be available on line) breaking down healthcare spending in the United States in terms of where the money comes from and where it goes. A … Continue reading
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A few days after the 2016 election, Senator Bernie Sanders appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and made some thoughtful comments about goals for the Democrats and the future. At the time it wasn’t clear what Trump would … Continue reading
Updated 2017 March 28: Despite a number of last-second amendments added in a failed effort to attract support from the far-right House Freedom Caucus, opposition to the Trumpcare bill continued to grow and the vote was postponed Thursday and canceled … Continue reading
Most Americans know that we pay a lot for healthcare compared with other developed countries without necessarily better results, but there’s still a lot of confusion, notably about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). That’s based on a poll published January … Continue reading
For six years now Republicans have promised to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. But while the House of Representatives has passed literally dozens of bills to repeal it (none of which actually got anywhere), they still haven’t been … Continue reading
There’s a lot to be said for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare): It has reduced the number of Americans without health insurance to a record low. (And it would be even lower had a number of states not screwed themselves … Continue reading
The Affordable Care Act isn’t perfect and hasn’t nearly solved all the problems with U.S. healthcare, but so far it’s accomplished a lot to make things better. Most notably, the number of uninsured Americans is far lower than it used … Continue reading
During last night’s Democratic presidential candidates’ debate, moderator Martha Raddatz of ABC News prefaced a question with this: “Secretary Clinton, the Department of Health and Human Services says more than 17 million Americans who are not insured now have health … Continue reading
Tomorrow is election day in many states, counties, and cities in the U.S., and in some places the results really are a matter of life and death for many people. Once again John Oliver performs a public service by explaining … Continue reading
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as “Obamacare,” was signed into law five years and one week ago. Here’s a compact seven-and-a-half-minute video clip assessing how well it’s working from prolific writer and commentator John Green, who incidentally buys his own … Continue reading