The Lancet Editorial on health equity in Ireland1 presented an unduly rosy perspective on proposed moves towards universal health care coverage, particularly in the hospital and outpatient sector. Public hospitals currently operate a practice of mixed private and public patient care. The new contract for hospital consultants is not, as stated in the Editorial, for public hospitals only: it limits practice in public hospitals to public patients only but permits unlimited off-site practice in t...
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Harris rattles Trump’s once-disciplined campaign
The seismic shift in the presidential race has rattled former President Trump’s once-disciplined campaign and put the GOP nominee on the defensive for the first time in months.
Trump coasted through the Republican primary, managed to turn even negative headlines about his legal troubles into campaign and fundraising fodder and had consistently led President Biden in the polls as Biden struggled to break through or excite even his own base.
But that has changed in the...
House Democrats home in on Tim Walz for Harris ticket
As Vice President Harris weighs her choice for running mate, House Democrats are increasingly advocating for a former colleague: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
First elected to Congress in 2006, Walz served in the House for 12 years and rose to become the top Democrat on the powerful Veterans Affairs Committee before heading home in 2019 to lead the North Star State.
The amiable Walz was not only popular on Capitol Hill, but he also had the distinction...
Trump responds to Harris’s call to compare records: Challenge accepted
Former President Trump returned Wednesday to Pennsylvania for the first time since he was shot at a rally outside of Pittsburgh earlier in the month, where he sought to characterize Vice President Harris as a “phony” and welcomed a challenge to compare their records.
Trump repeatedly attacked Harris, who is the likely Democratic nominee after President Biden ended his candidacy, tying her to past positions she took during her own 2020 presidential bid but has since di...
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Juan Williams to detail rise of ‘America’s second civil rights movement’ in new book
Juan Williams is giving new eyes to a project that he first started more than 30 years ago, penning a book on what he describes as the growth of a 21st century civil rights movement.
"New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America's Second Civil Rights Movement" will be released in January, publisher Simon & Schuster announced this week.
The tome is a follow-up to Williams's 1988 bestseller-turned-award-winning PBS series, "Eyes on the Prize," which focused o...
Want fewer abortions? Vote for Harris.
One consequence of Kamala Harris’s newborn presidential candidacy is that abortion has become an even bigger campaign issue. Harris has been talking about it for months, far more than Biden did. She aims to mobilize pro-choice voters on her side.
But pro-life voters, who want more than anything else to minimize the number of abortions, also ought to vote for her. They should try to elect Democratic congressional candidates, as well. A Trump presidency, particularly if he gets ...
GOP ready to pounce on Harris policy pivots
Vice President Harris’s quick pivot to her White House bid has prompted an about-face on multiple key issues that could affect outcomes in battleground states, handing former President Trump and Republicans a prime attack line.
In the roughly one week since Harris replaced President Biden as the probable Democratic nominee, her campaign has moved to distance her from a series of positions she took when she was a candidate in the 2020 presidential primary.
She no long...
Durbin says Harris’ shift on some policies won’t change how people vote
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) downplayed concerns that changes in Vice President Harris’s positions could influence voters in November.
Harris’s policy platform has changed somewhat since her 2020 presidential campaign, including now backing fracking, more strict border regulation and abandoning a proposal for a single-payer health care system.
“A position may be so central to the campaign that it makes a significant difference, but I think the bottom line is the voters ...
Harris campaign says Project 2025 ‘isn’t going anywhere’ after director departs
Vice President Harris’s campaign argues that Project 2025 will still be on the ballot in November after the project’s director left his role amid criticism from former President Trump’s campaign.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Harris campaign said that “Project 2024 isn’t going anywhere,” despite the Heritage Foundation announcing that Paul Dans, the director of the foundation-led project, is stepping down.
“Project 2025 is on the ballot because Donald Trump is on th...