Category Archives: Health Care

January 31, 2021

Biden Opts for Growth and Equity While Republicans Whine

Congressional Republicans who eagerly supported massive increases in the budget deficit under Donald Trump have been quick to resuscitate their…Continue reading

August 22, 2020

Is Trump Playing a Long Game to Stay Out of…

Donald Trump has a serious dilemma. If Joe Biden loses in November, he can go home and settle in as…Continue reading

August 5, 2020

Trump and Senate Republicans Pose a Grave Risk to the…

The headline from last Thursday’s report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on second quarter GDP was horrific: The…Continue reading

July 1, 2020

Trump’s Bungled Pandemic Response Has Badly Damaged Americans’ Incomes

Donald Trump may have normalized cognitive dissonance for many of his supporters and some young people.  But wishing away the…Continue reading

May 11, 2020

The Official Unemployment Numbers Are Technically Fake News

April’s 14.7 percent unemployment rate, announced by the Labor Department last Friday, is awful by any standard. The official tally…Continue reading

April 13, 2020

How Much Trump Has Cost Americans in this Pandemic

Most of the economic carnage we see Americans suffer today is the result of measures that federal, state, and local…Continue reading

November 18, 2019

An Affordable Approach to Universal Coverage

A majority of Americans and virtually all Democrats believe in universal healthcare coverage and the federal government’s responsibility to make…Continue reading

July 18, 2019

Trump Acts Like a Populist. His Regulatory Record Suggests Otherwise

The administration has consistently favored big businesses over average people. by Robert J. Shapiro At some point, every president has had…Continue reading

November 15, 2016

What Hillary’s Campaign Missed

Last week’s election should be dubbed the revenge of the neglected. The outcome would have been different if Hillary’s strategists…Continue reading

October 31, 2016

Halloween Special: How Hillary Can Handle Scary Interest Rate Hikes

Looking past this weekend’s kerfuffle over Huma Abedin’s emails, Hillary Clinton’s success in her first term as President will depend…Continue reading