The expansion of Medicaid is an effort to address the highest maternal death rate among wealthy nations.
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The US government owes federal workers over $5 billion in back pay
The US government shutdown has blown a nearly $5.3 billion ...
The US government is finally stepping in to help the babies of the opioid epidemic
The opioid crisis in the US has ballooned into a full-blown public health emergency. Every day, 115 Americans after overdosing on opioids.
The administration of US president Donald Trump has been slow to respond to the magnitud...
The US government is finally stepping in to help the babies of the opioid epidemic
The opioid crisis in the US has ballooned into a full-blown public health emergency. Every day, 115 Americans after overdosing on opioids.
The administration of US president Donald Trump has been slow to respond to the magnitud...
How Ralph Northam struck a deal with Republicans
VIRGINIA’S new governor, Ralph Northam, did in five months what his predecessor, Terry McAuliffe, couldn't manage in four years. He convinced a usually obdurate Republican legislature to bring this blue-trending state fully under the Affordable Care Act—even as the Trump administration continues efforts to kill it.
On June 7...
The Trump administration joins a lawsuit to shred Obamacare
TO REPUBLICANS, the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is the zombie that endures countless hits to keep rising from its knees and haunt America’s health-care industry. The signature legislative achievement of Barack Obama’s presidency, which brought health coverage to 20m Americans, faced dozens of House repeal votes d...
Why people vote against their economic interests
A COMPLAINT often made of Donald Trump’s presidency is that many of the voters who delivered him to the Oval Office will suffer from his policies. They include the tax cut, with its benefits heavily skewed towards the rich. The complaint builds on the growing frustration of partisans of both parties that many people who seem to be...
