Obama’s Bigger Playing Field

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 5, 2013 The debate over the Affordable Care Act can stay small, focusing on website failures and other short-term difficulties facing the law. Or it can get bigger, with wider insurance coverage seen as part of a larger struggle for social justice in a nation growing steadily less equal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

TurkeyCare

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Dec 1, 2013 Dig deeper

Nearly Half the Country’s Cutting Obamacare Abortion Coverage

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2013 While the rest of us were waiting to see whether Obamacare would pass at all, some states had other plans in sight. Thanks to a politician from Michigan who proposed ridding the Affordable Care Act of any provisions for abortion coverage, a loophole was created in the law that allows state legislatures to curb reproductive rights. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Conservatives Predict ‘The Collapse of American Liberalism’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 19, 2013 Obamacare's "failure to launch" has some Republicans celebrating American liberals' demise. Thankfully Stephen Colbert has a facetious skit or two to prove them wrong. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What’s the Matter With Motherhood?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 9, 2013 If you're a conservative strongly opposed to abortion, shouldn't you want to give all the help you can to women who want to bring their children into the world? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New Rule Makes Mental Health Care Available to Millions of Americans

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 9, 2013 Acting on a law passed way back in 2008, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor made a final ruling that forces many health insurers to treat mental illnesses like physical ones. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Great American Tradition

John Darkow, Cagle Cartoons, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri Nov 8, 2013 Dig deeper

Website Glitches

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Nov 8, 2013 Dig deeper

The Noise Around Obamacare

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 6, 2013 The ace political and baseball prognosticator Nate Silver titled his book about prediction and statistical mastery "The Signal and the Noise." Rarely has it been more important to distinguish between the two than in the uproar over the launch of the Affordable Care Act. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Is Obama’s Take on McCarthyism to Blame for Obamacare Troubles?

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Oct 28, 2013 President Barack Obama’s pursuit of leakers, which turns government workers against one another, is reported to extend into every department, including Health and Human Services. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Cruel and Unusual Republicans Want Poor Americans to Starve

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Oct 10, 2013 Among the many victims of the Republicans’ deranged effort to kill Obamacare are the millions of forgotten poor suffering from bad nutrition or just plain hunger. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Kathleen Sebelius on Obamacare and Single-Payer

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 9, 2013 As the secretary of health and human services, Kathleen Sebelius finds herself a mild-mannered Kansan in the center of one of the most vitriolic political battles in modern American history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )