Category Archives: Health Care

April 2, 2014

Republicans Maintain Hard Opposition to Obamacare at Their Own Political…

The political struggle over Obamacare has reached a critical inflection point as real events have overtaken its opponents' basic arguments.…Continue reading

March 13, 2013

How a Grand Bargain on the Deficit Could Erode Social…

Paul Ryan’s new budget blueprint released this week — details to follow, as usual — will only intensify the partisan…Continue reading

February 27, 2013

Dark Thoughts on the Coming Sequester

This week’s bout over federal spending pits Tea Party militants, conservative pundits and most Republican office holders against the President,…Continue reading

April 14, 2010

A New Progressive Economic Strategy, Part 2: Spending Reforms

You don’t have to be a Nobel economist to see that the United States needs a serious, new economic approach…Continue reading

March 24, 2010

The President’s Reforms and the New Politics of Containing Health…

The health care reforms enacted this week are an unequivocal political triumph for President Obama. He turned back the most…Continue reading

August 12, 2009

The Conundrums in Health Care Reform

The political furor over health care reform, and especially the media coverage, may be triggered by right-wing agitprop; but the…Continue reading

July 22, 2009

Noticing and Solving the Problem with Jobs and Wages

America’s vaunted job-creating machine has been breaking down, and the administration is finally noticing. It was in 2003 when I…Continue reading

July 9, 2009

The Lessons of LBJ and Robert McNamara for Barack Obama

Robert McNamara died this week, but his life holds lessons for Barack Obama’s presidency. Arguably the leading light of JFK’s…Continue reading

June 17, 2009

Choices in Universal Health Care

Beijing, China — As the health care debate in Washington begins in earnest, a quick trip around the world over…Continue reading

May 13, 2009

The Courage and Cunning of the Administration’s Health Care Plans…

The administration’s new health care initiative has the distinctive “yes, but” quality of the Obama banking and housing plans: The…Continue reading