In the course of their internal negotiations over their planned reconciliation bill, congressional Democrats have debated several potential policy changes, including an extension of the expanded child tax credit, negotiating drug prices for Medicare,...
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In the course of their internal negotiations over their planned reconciliation bill, congressional Democrats have debated several potential policy changes, including an extension of the expanded child tax credit, negotiating drug prices for Medicare,...
In 1955, Jonas Salk announced that his polio vaccine was 90 percent effective and safe to distribute to children and adults. After deciding not to patent the vaccine, Salk forfeited an estimated $2 billion in profit in order to provide low-cost acces...
In 1955, Jonas Salk announced that his polio vaccine was 90 percent effective and safe to distribute to children and adults. After deciding not to patent the vaccine, Salk forfeited an estimated $2 billion in profit in order to provide low-cost acces...
The elderly vote is powerful, persistent, and dependable. It has been so for decades, and will continue to be in the foreseeable future. In the 2016 presidential election, 71 percent of Americans over the age of 65 voted, while only 46 percent of 18-...
The elderly vote is powerful, persistent, and dependable. It has been so for decades, and will continue to be in the foreseeable future. In the 2016 presidential election, 71 percent of Americans over the age of 65 voted, while only 46 percent of 18-...
Before this fall, Daraprim wasn’t anything close to a household name, but this anti-parasitic drug is nothing new. The treatment for toxoplasmosis infections has been on the market since 1953 and is no longer protected by patents. It’s no blockbu...
Before this fall, Daraprim wasn’t anything close to a household name, but this anti-parasitic drug is nothing new. The treatment for toxoplasmosis infections has been on the market since 1953 and is no longer protected by patents. It’s no blockbu...
When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010, it undertook a major expansion of Medicaid—a public assistance program that offers healthcare to low-income families. However, Medicaid expansion was challenged when the Supreme Court ruled in ...
When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010, it undertook a major expansion of Medicaid—a public assistance program that offers healthcare to low-income families. However, Medicaid expansion was challenged when the Supreme Court ruled in ...
The United States is all grown up, and the wear and tear is starting to show in all the wrong places. The baby boomers, the largest generation in American history, are aging out — by the year 2050, the population of American adults over the age of ...
The United States is all grown up, and the wear and tear is starting to show in all the wrong places. The baby boomers, the largest generation in American history, are aging out — by the year 2050, the population of American adults over the age of ...
NPR’s consistently excellent Planet Money podcast had a story this week, titled “The Town That Loves Death,” about La Crosse, Wisconsin. In La Crosse, 96% of people have living wills, which described a person’s desired level ...
NPR’s consistently excellent Planet Money podcast had a story this week, titled “The Town That Loves Death,” about La Crosse, Wisconsin. In La Crosse, 96% of people have living wills, which described a person’s desired level ...
The sequester, as you’ve probably heard, is happening March 1. What is the sequester? To use a (somewhat unfortunate) metaphor, the sequester is a gun to the head of Congress. The sequester is a package of across-the-board budget cuts, evenly affec...
The sequester, as you’ve probably heard, is happening March 1. What is the sequester? To use a (somewhat unfortunate) metaphor, the sequester is a gun to the head of Congress. The sequester is a package of across-the-board budget cuts, evenly affec...
Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act (from Wikimedia Commons) I’ve come to view Paul Krugman as belligerent and repetitive, but he’s still a smart writer who can turn a phrase. Last year Krugman noted that the federal government is essentially...
Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act (from Wikimedia Commons) I’ve come to view Paul Krugman as belligerent and repetitive, but he’s still a smart writer who can turn a phrase. Last year Krugman noted that the federal government is essentially...