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July 10, 2017
Brian Beutler
How Trumpcare Dies
Republicans' health care legislation is on the fritz. Here's what it'll take to grind it to a halt indefinitely.
July 6, 2017
Brian Beutler
Mitch McConnell admits that Obamacare is not, in fact, broken beyond repair.
July 4, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Media’s Unacceptable Silence on the Republican Health Care Bill
The Senate legislation couldn’t withstand a week of scrutiny, and the GOP wants to pass it anyway. That's a major news story—every single day.
July 3, 2017
Brian Beutler
Bernie Sanders and the Progressive Left’s Selfless Defense of Obamacare
If Republicans repeal the law, single-payer health care could become reality. And yet, unlike the conservative right, the left wing of the Democratic Party is putting the public interest over ideology.
June 30, 2017
Brian Beutler
Republicans Retreat to Their Favorite Health Care Safe Space
Their attempt to take health care away from millions of people has come full circle, in the most pathetic way imaginable.
June 30, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Heartless Tradeoff at the Heart of Trumpcare
One Republican senator's honesty about the GOP health care plan has raised an uncomfortable moral question for party leaders.
June 30, 2017
Graham Vyse
Trump Desperately Wants a “Win.” That’s Why He Should Reject Obamacare Repeal.
The president is torn between destroying Obama’s legacy and helping the “forgotten men and women” of America. The smart decision is clear.
June 28, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump Is Getting Pummeled for His Cruel Health Care Plan
With his name attached to a "mean" proposal, the president is vulnerable to Democratic attacks that he helps the rich at the expense of the poor.
June 28, 2017
Clio Chang
The Senate health care bill is far from dead.
June 28, 2017
Brian Beutler
Conservatives’ Excuses for Kicking Millions Off of Health Care Don’t Make Any Sense
Debunking the right's three main justifications for Trumpcare.
June 28, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump doesn’t even know what’s in the Senate’s health care bill.
June 27, 2017
Clio Chang
Trumpcare Will Kill People. Why Is That So Hard to Accept?
Despite what the GOP's allies have suggested, talking about preventable deaths is not a partisan cheap shot.
June 27, 2017
Brian Beutler
Steve Beshear lays into Mitch McConnell over “unconscionable” health bill: “He’s going to cost people their lives.”
June 27, 2017
Jeet Heer
Republicans Are Lying Their Way Toward a Health Care Catastrophe
Trump and his enablers brazenly claim the GOP plan isn't a massive cut to Medicaid—and they just might get away with it long enough to screw millions of poor Americans.
June 27, 2017
Primary Concerns
Mitch McConnell’s “Unconscionable” Health Care Bill
Kentucky's former governor, Steve Beshear, has some choice words for the Republican leader and for Democrats trying to stop Trumpcare.
June 26, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump’s “No one will lose coverage” is turning out to be the worst campaign promise since “Read my lips.”
June 26, 2017
Graham Vyse
Medical and elderly groups are horrified by Trumpcare.
June 26, 2017
Scott Lemieux
How the Supreme Court Screwed Obamacare
That Republicans are on the verge of repealing the law can be partly attributed to the tortured legal reasoning of Chief Justice John Roberts.
June 26, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Democrats’ Last Best Chance to Rescue Obamacare
It isn't strident opposition, but backchannel negotiations with persuadable Republican senators.
June 25, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Twin Authoritarians Who Are Endangering American Democracy
Trump's kleptocratic, autocratic tendencies are matched by McConnell's destruction of democratic norms. Both are an existential threat.
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