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Health Insurance
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A Lion, a Dentist and the Rising Cost of Care
The problem with health costs is the fact that we don't treat health care like an ordinary consumer good.
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Happy 50th Birthday, Medicare! Next Steps in the Fight for Universal Health Care
We still need a single-payer health program. We have to go beyond the Affordable Care Act.
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Who Is the Patient: Insurance Industry or Real People?
We need to recognize the failures of the insurance industry even as they receive their second bailout from SCOTUS.
Obamacare Subsidies Survive Supreme Court Ruling
The court announced that the government may continue to subsidize insurance plans for all people.
Commentary: For-Profit Hospitals Mark Up Prices Because There’s Nothing to Stop Them
Of the 50 US hospitals that mark up prices the most, 49 of them are part of for-profit hospital chains.
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Commentary: Insurers Backed Obamacare, Then Undermined It; Now They’re Profiting From It
Playing all sides of the street on Obamacare.
Health Data Breaches Sow Confusion, Frustration
One consumer was the victim of hacking attacks on two different health insurers.
Millions Could Lose Obamacare Coverage as Supreme Court Weighs Dubious Koch-Backed Case
The Supreme Court has heard arguments in a new challenge to Obamacare.
Behind the Supreme Court’s Obamacare Case, a Secretive Society’s Hidden Hand
For more than 30 years, the Federalist Society has worked behind the scenes to shape Supreme Court outcomes to a conservative agenda.
“Medicare Part E”: A Framework for Universal Health Care
For universal health care to really be successful, it needs to be done at a national level.