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What You Should Know About Race and Healthcare

WebThe U.S.'s healthcare system is deeply rooted in systemic racism, and if we're ever going to solve that, we'll need to come to terms with a few things.

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Koch-funded Study Shows Medicare for All Could Save $2 Trillion …

WebIt is for this reason that Kenneth Thorpe, a health policy professor at Emory University, thinks that it’s a bad idea. “It’s showing that if you are going to go in this …

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A Brief History of For-Profit Health Insurance

WebBefore the Blues became for-profit companies, they spent 95 cents of every dollar of premiums on actual medical care (known in the business as the “medical loss …

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Welfare Reform Requirements Favor Rural Whites

WebOhio’s Medicaid work requirement proposal, which was recently sent for federal approval, shows similar problems. Urban residents of color in Cleveland and …

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Get the Facts About Climate Science

WebClimate Science. Myth: At least 50% of Americans do not believe in human-caused climate change. Fact: The overwhelming majority of climatologists consider anthropogenic …

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The President’s Health Care Plan is Costing You More Money

WebThe Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, is a bill enacted to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable health insurance.It has …

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The Costs and Benefits of Government Regulations

WebThe cost of OSHA is $1 billion, while according to the OMB’s analysis, the benefit to the American public is $1.8 to $4.2 billion—either a two-to-one or four-to-one …

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Get the Facts About Welfare and Poverty

WebMyth: Americans believe welfare is a huge part of the budget and estimate that we spend four times the actual price tag. Fact: Welfare makes up less than 15% of …

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How Unions Help All Workers, Not Just Members

WebToday, unions still fight to better the workplace for everyone. Higher wages, health care coverage, paid time off, and parental leave have increased due to the work …

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Racist Underbelly of Anti-Health Care Movement Rears Its Ugly Head

WebIn her most recent New York Times column, Maureen Dowd calls South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson a racist. In his interview with Fox News yesterday, …

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Obamacare Has Issues, But Whose Fault Is That

WebObamacare is not perfect. With that being said, both Democrats and Republicans share the blame for health care's shortcomings.

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How Can We Enact Meaningful Welfare Reform

WebThe result: Welfare reform has been unsuccessful in lifting people out of poverty. While a work requirement is potentially a good thing, it operates on the …

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Why Is it a Problem for the President to Write His Own Doctor’s …

WebPresident Trump has a credibility problem. The frequency and seeming irreverence of the president’s lies have been well documented by the Washington Post …

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The Political Compass Reveals Your Political Identity

WebThe compass does this by measuring peoples’ beliefs on a left vs. right scale economically (the x-axis) and adding an “authoritarian vs. libertarian” y-axis that bisects …

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The Slippery Slope to Socialism, Again.

WebIt seems that many independents and right-wingers are convinced the health care bill is part of a vast conspiracy to implement socialism in the USA. Here’s a recent …

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Principles of Democracy: Majority Rule and Minority Rights

WebThat text states concisely, “American Parliamentary Law is built upon the principle that rights must be respected: the rights of the majority, of the minority, of …

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Major Democratic Accomplishments in US Government

WebIn the finance and banking arena, Wilson signed the Clayton Anti-Trust Act and the Farm Loan Bank Act into law. He is also credited with the establishment of the …

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Why is the US Economy So Dysfunctional

WebAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2016, only 10.7 percent of American workers were part of a labor union. Compare that to the 1950s, in which nearly …

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New York Sues Big Oil Over Man-Made Global Warming

WebNew York City is suing big oil for causing climate change. You read that right. This marks a new milestone in environmental history—there is now precedent for major …

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