Health Care

Katrina vanden Heuvel: An Important Month for Obamacare

Katrina vanden Heuvel: An Important Month for Obamacare Katrina vanden Heuvel: An Important Month for Obamacare

The Nation’s editor celebrated the recent successes of the Affordable Care Act in a roundtable on ABC’s This Week.

Feb 18, 2014 / Press Room

All the President’s Middlemen

All the President’s Middlemen All the President’s Middlemen

The Obama administration’s inclination to rely on the private sector to solve major societal problems can lead to dysfunction, if not chaos.

Feb 4, 2014 / Barbara Garson

The Spanish-Language Version of Healthcare.gov Is a Mess

The Spanish-Language Version of Healthcare.gov Is a Mess The Spanish-Language Version of Healthcare.gov Is a Mess

It launched months late, loads slowly and is poorly translated.  

Jan 14, 2014 / Jessica Weisberg

Cuomo’s Medical Marijuana Proposal Dodges the Real Problems with Pot Criminalization

Cuomo’s Medical Marijuana Proposal Dodges the Real Problems with Pot Criminalization Cuomo’s Medical Marijuana Proposal Dodges the Real Problems with Pot Criminalization

Is the New York governor’s modest concession an attempt to duck the big-picture problems with racially discriminatory marijuana arrests?

Jan 8, 2014 / Matt Taylor

Media Fail: Unemployment Coverage

Media Fail: Unemployment Coverage Media Fail: Unemployment Coverage

Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on the gaping holes in the mainstream media's coverage of unemployment benefits. 

Jan 7, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Happy New Year, Losers

Happy New Year, Losers Happy New Year, Losers

Thanks to Chief Justice John Roberts, millions of poor Americans won’t get health insurance. 

Dec 31, 2013 / William Greider

Tea Party Tim and Plutocrat Pete

Tea Party Tim and Plutocrat Pete Tea Party Tim and Plutocrat Pete

An unlikely alliance takes on the Affordable Care Act. 

Dec 17, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

Nelson Mandela’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Nelson Mandela’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights Nelson Mandela’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The anti-apartheid hero asked world leaders to “have the courage to ensure that, at last, we build a human world consistent with the provisions of that historic Declaration.&...

Dec 10, 2013 / John Nichols

How to Revive the Fight for Single-Payer

How to Revive the Fight for Single-Payer How to Revive the Fight for Single-Payer

Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington is optimistic that it will come—if we give states the tools to adopt it at their own pace.

Dec 4, 2013 / Feature / William Greider

Stuck With Obamacare

Stuck With Obamacare Stuck With Obamacare

President Obama, aka Middle-Man, is having a rough month.

Nov 25, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

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