Health Care

Pro-Choice, Anti-Choice, Mitt Romney Cannot Be Serious Pro-Choice, Anti-Choice, Mitt Romney Cannot Be Serious

Romney's "evolving" stance on abortion—and a long list of other issues—won't sell in what's becoming a party of social-policy purists.

Jun 2, 2011 / John Nichols

Medicare for All!

Medicare for All! Medicare for All!

The lesson Democrats should take from the backlash to Paul Ryan's Medicare plan? Voters do want government running their healthcare system.

Jun 1, 2011 / The Editors

Where Objectivity Lies… Where Objectivity Lies…

Eric on Chomsky's dishonesty and Reed Richardson on Paul Ryan's medicare debacle.

May 26, 2011 / Eric Alterman

Paul Ryan for President? Not So Fast

Paul Ryan for President? Not So Fast Paul Ryan for President? Not So Fast

Too bad for GOP strategists dreamed of surfing an austerity agenda to victory in 2012: voters despise Ryan’s plan to privatize Medicare.

May 25, 2011 / John Nichols

John Nichols: Force Republicans to Vote for Their Medicare-Destroying Budget John Nichols: Force Republicans to Vote for Their Medicare-Destroying Budget

Senate Majority leader Harry Reid has a plan to make sure Republicans give up on the Paul Ryan budget.

May 20, 2011 / Press Room

Paul Ryan Aims to Rebrand His Medicare Plan, But Nobody’s Buying It Paul Ryan Aims to Rebrand His Medicare Plan, But Nobody’s Buying It

Paul Ryan says his plan to overhaul Medicare empowers Americans and guarantees coverage options. What it really does is gives the private insurance industry a green light to prey o...

May 18, 2011 / The Ed Show

Paul Ryan Aims to Rebrand His Medicare Plan, But Nobody’s Buying It Paul Ryan Aims to Rebrand His Medicare Plan, But Nobody’s Buying It

Paul Ryan says his plan to overhaul Medicare empowers Americans and guarantees coverage options. What it really does is gives the private insurance industry a green light to prey o...

May 18, 2011 / Press Room

Stop the Bleeding: An Interview With Medicare Fraud Expert Malcolm Sparrow Stop the Bleeding: An Interview With Medicare Fraud Expert Malcolm Sparrow

How much taxpayer money could government agencies save if they cracked down on scams like healthcare fraud? The answer, suggests a Harvard professor: hundreds of billions of dollar...

May 10, 2011 / Sasha Abramsky

Cut Medicare? No Way! Make It ‘Medicare for All’! Cut Medicare? No Way! Make It ‘Medicare for All’!

Senator Bernie Sanders is back with a plan for real health care reform. Instead of cutting Medicare, as Paul Ryan proposes, he wants to respond to our health-care crisis with ...

May 10, 2011 / John Nichols

Vermont Ever Closer to Single-Payer Healthcare Vermont Ever Closer to Single-Payer Healthcare

The Senate and the House of Representatives agree: single-payer health care is the only way to provide real coverage for all.

May 9, 2011 / Laura Flanders

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