Tag: Health Care

Robert Reich: Working Mother’s Day
May 2013In 1966, only 20 percent of mothers with young children worked outside the home. By the late 1990s, 60 percent did.

Mira Ptacin: Is a Baby a Luxury?
May 2013When a chemical stick revealed that our little family was about to change, we were overjoyed. But not insured.

Charles Ornstein: How Mom’s Death Changed My Thinking About End-of-Life Care
March 2013A veteran health reporter reflects on Medicare spending and family’s hospital decision-making.

Robert Reich: Cliff Notes on the Three Real Perils Ahead
December 2012Forget the fiscal cliff, there are three other, bigger dangers.

Mattea Kramer: Tough Talk for America
October 2012A guide to the presidential debates you won’t be hearing.

Robert Reich: Whose Plan Destroys Medicare — Obama’s or Romney-Ryan’s?
August 2012Mitt Romney has charged that the Affordable Care Act will make massive cuts in Medicare. Is he right?

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy: The John Roberts Head Fake
July 2012The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Obamacare obscures the ruling’s other, deeply conservative result: a road-map for gutting Congressional power.

David Morris: Protect Obama’s Health Care Reform, Then Move Toward a Public Option
July 2012Now that Obamacare has been upheld, the next steps are preventing its repeal and moving towards a public option.

Robert Reich: A Back Door to the Public Option
June 2012Many have said a Supreme Court strike-down of the individual mandate could be the end of Obamacare, but it might be what’s needed to revive the public option.

David Morris: Profiles of Political Courage
May 2012Health care reform may be repealed if Republicans win in November, but it may not be the only president’s signature legislation that’s in danger.


