Health Care Reform Talk With Doctor Hand Health Care Reform Talk With Doctor Hand
The market knows best, and the market says American healthcare should be profit-driven!
Nov 6, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
Food Stamp Cuts: A Bipartisan Scandal Food Stamp Cuts: A Bipartisan Scandal
Friday’s punitive and economically damaging food stamp cuts are much less a result of red-team-versus-blue-team politics, and much more a result of a political process where ...
Nov 1, 2013 / George Zornick
Tallying Obamacare’s Winners and Losers Tallying Obamacare’s Winners and Losers
Only 3 percent of the population are likely to lose their current insurance policies and pay higher premiums because of Obamacare.
Nov 1, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
The Marijuana Miracle: Why a Single Compound in Cannabis May Revolutionize Modern Medicine The Marijuana Miracle: Why a Single Compound in Cannabis May Revolutionize Modern Medicine
The discovery of pot’s astonishing medical potential is the most compelling new reason for legalizing the plant.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Martin A. Lee
Can Medical Marijuana Survive in Washington State? Can Medical Marijuana Survive in Washington State?
Legalization in the Evergreen State has led to parallel marijuana industries. Is there room for both?
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Kristen Gwynne
Healthcare.gov Sucks, but That’s Not the Real Threat to Obamacare Healthcare.gov Sucks, but That’s Not the Real Threat to Obamacare
Ideological resistance to the Medicaid expansion—the heart of the healthcare law—is.
Oct 23, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Suicide Rate Climbs by 30 Percent in Kansas as Government Slashes Mental Health Budgets Suicide Rate Climbs by 30 Percent in Kansas as Government Slashes Mental Health Budgets
Even though suicide rates are climbing, the government continues to slash mental health budgets.
Oct 21, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
The Senate’s Obamacare Tweak Is Unlikely to Damage the Law The Senate’s Obamacare Tweak Is Unlikely to Damage the Law
The Senate’s deal to reopen the government and extend the debt limit reportedly contains a small change to the health law—but it’s not a win for the GOP.
Oct 16, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
What Democrats Should Demand What Democrats Should Demand
If Republicans are playing hardball, Democrats should too.
Oct 16, 2013 / Bryce Covert
The Long and Short of Memory The Long and Short of Memory
What the modern science of memory owes to the amnesiac patient H.M.
Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Charles Gross