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Affordable Care Act
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The Great Medicare Switcheroo
The RNC in Tampa asserts the GOP as the party of Medicare. Its possible that someone might want to check their history on that one.
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Correctional Corporation of America Accreditation Report Misses Stark Reality
But below the spin is a different reality for the company and the prisoners that it oversees - food riots and abuse scandals.
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Uninsured Aurora Victim Could Face $2 Million in Medical Bills
Caleb Medley was shot in the eye in the Aurora movie theater shooting and remains in the intensive care unit in an induced coma. Medley sustained the terrible injuries …
The Election Reflects America’s Conservative Era
This year's presidential campaign is taking place within an extremely conservative era in American political history that will substantially influence the domestic and foreign priorities of the next administration, …
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Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World: How Not to Solve an American Crisis
If lawmakers skipped the myth-making and began putting Americau2019s resources into a series of domestic investments that would spur the economy now, their acts would yield dividends for years …
Will Your State Refuse to Provide Medicaid Coverage to Needy Adults?
It is precisely the states that could most benefit from the increased coverage under ACA's Medicaid expansion provision that seem least willing to participate in the plan.
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Americans for Prosperity Rally Calls for “Nullifying” Health Care Law (With Help From ALEC)
The evening after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Wisconsin chapter of the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity held a "Hands Off My …
How Scalia Distorts the Framers
In rejecting the Commerce Clause as the constitutional foundation for the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Courtu2019s right-wing justices distorted Americau2019s founding narrative, including one made-up view attributed to …
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Minor Reform of Health Care Hailed as Major Triumph
The Supreme Court's health care ruling is merely the latest turn in the sad spectacle of American health care reform.
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The Jury Is Still Out on Chief Justice Roberts
Last week, in a (5-4) decision, the US Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA).