Insurance is all about risk. Medicare is an insurance program, and it works because it pools together everyone in the Medicare-eligible age group—whether they’re
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Whose plan destroys Medicare: Ryan’s or Obama’s?
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan claim that President Obama is destroying Medicare by “stealing $700 billion” from the program. That’s bunk, says Robert Reich.
Progressives vs. Republicans and Democrats
There is a war going on in this country and it’s not the war between Democrats and Republicans. It’s a war between progressives—those who
Healthcare history: Hospice care
Although the first American hospice specializing in care for dying patients opened in 1974, the concept is far from new. In the ancient Tibetan
Medicare for All: The fight continues
The Social Security Act of 1965 was signed into law on July 30, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson as amendments to Social Security legislation. At the
New bill offers “Medicare for more”
We won’t get “Medicare for everyone” in the current healthcare bill, and Rep. Dennis Kucinich may vote “no” because of that. And we may