What’s the Solution to Rising Health Care Costs?

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2012 Obamacare did nothing to stop the cost of employer-based health insurance from growing at twice the rate of inflation during the Great Recession, and for that and other reasons, progressives want to get rid of it. AlterNet editor Joshua Holland has a cheaper and arguably more practical idea: Open the Medicare system to anyone who wants to buy into it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Catholic Spring?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 24, 2012 There is a healthy struggle brewing among the nation's Roman Catholic bishops. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Student Loan Shuffle

By Marian Wang, ProPublica Apr 24, 2012 Since last fall, one million borrowers have had their federal student loans randomly assigned to new loan-servicing companies, all nonprofits or subsidiaries of nonprofit organizations, thanks to a little-known provision in the 2010 healthcare overhaul. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Single-Payer Health Care: $570 Billion Cheaper

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2012 Economist Gerald Friedman has what looks to be the silver bullet against the claim that single-payer health care is infeasible on economic grounds, showing how “Medicare for all” could save billions of dollars while improving millions of lives. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Real Health Care Debate

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 9, 2012 There is no substantial difference between Obamacare and Romneycare. There is no substantial difference between Obama and Romney. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

When Liberals Stop Being Wimps

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 9, 2012 Conservatives are not accustomed to being on the defensive. They expect their progressive opponents to be wimpy and apologetic. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama’s (Smaller) Army of Volunteers

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Apr 6, 2012 The night after President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act was being mercilessly attacked by U.S. Supreme Court conservatives, I was surprised to find a group of Obama volunteers cheerfully gathered in a nondescript office building east of Los Angeles to make phone calls for the president's campaign.I wondered at their good spirits. It was as though they hadn't heard about the hostile reception Obamacare had received at the Supreme Court. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The High Court’s Supremely Unethical Activists

Joe Conason / Truthdig Apr 5, 2012 While the public awaits the Supreme Court's judgment on the constitutionality of health care reform, it is worth remembering how cheaply Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas in particular have sullied the integrity of their lifetime appointments. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Right’s Stealthy Coup

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 2, 2012 Imagine the shock when conservative Supreme Court justices repeatedly spouted views closely resembling the tweets and talking points issued by organizations of the sort funded by the Koch brothers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Getting a Read on the Supremes

Staff / Truthdig Mar 31, 2012 The Supreme Court took on a doozy of a case this week in its deliberations over Obama's prized health care reform law. Do the top court's conservative justices have it in for the law? Guest panelist David Frum joins regulars Robert Scheer and Matt Miller to take on Obamacare, plus the Trayvon Martin case and Paul Ryan's budget plan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Health Care: Conservatives Are Their Own Worst Enemies

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 30, 2012 If Obamacare is struck down, a much more far-reaching overhaul of the health care system will be inevitable. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Five Hypocrites and One Bad Plan

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 29, 2012 The Supreme Court is so full of it, but the sad truth is that President Obama and the Democrats brought this potential judicial disaster upon themselves. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )