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Health Care

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Domestic Workers Unite to Demand Their Due
Advocates say we have to recognize that domestic labor is real labor - and pay for it.

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Republicans Respond to Supreme Court Upholding Health Care Law by Setting Date for Its Repeal
Millions of Americans have already benefited from the law.

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Supreme Court Upholds Individual Mandate As A Tax
The Supreme Court has upheld the individual mandate in Obamacare, paving the way for full implementation of the law in the states and ensuring that millions of uninsured Americans …

Who Bankrolled the Fight Against the Health Care Law?
The lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the National Federation for Independent Business (NFIB), is a highly partisan front …

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Why the Supreme Court Will Uphold the Constitutionality of the Health Care Law
Robert Reich discusses the Supreme Court's imminent decision on the health care law.

Seventy-Three Percent of American Youth Now Have Insurance Due to Health Care Law
A Supreme Court ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, is expected on Thursday. The law would increase access to millions of Americans, …

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Global Moma: From Taking Care of My Kids to Taking Care of My Parents
My mom is the primary caregiver for my father right now. But his recent fall and my trip have started me thinking about a lot of things. About the …

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Metaphor and Health Care: On the Power to Make Metaphor Into Law
The argument is that if the government can force you to buy one product, it can force you to buy any product - even broccoli.

The Regulation Monster
The regulation monster is composed of the mounds of bureaucratic paperwork and red tape that strangles businesses.

Liberals Working for the Right
It is astounding how happy liberals are to work for the right by playing into conservative framing.