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How Medicare for All Is Tearing Democrats Apart
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Mike Bloomberg's Plan to Boost Social Security
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Court Strikes Down Trump Admin’s Medicaid Work Rules
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Pete Buttigieg’s Deficit Talk Scares the Left
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Deficit Soars 25% Over First Four Months of Fiscal 2020
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The $844 Billion Mystery in Trump’s Budget
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Trump’s $4.8 Trillion Fiscal Fantasy
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Trump’s Company Charged Secret Service Hefty Rates
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Annual Health Spending for Those With Job-Based Insurance Hits All-Time High: Report
Average annual health care spending for people with employer-provided private insurance rose to an all-time high of $5,892 in 2018, according to the Health Care Cost Institute’s yearly Health Care...
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Point-Counterpoint: Bernie Sanders’ Big Spending Plans
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the current frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has proposed ambitious plans — most notably, a transition to a Medicare-for-All system — that would...
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Court Strikes Down Trump Administration’s Medicaid Work Requirements
A federal appeals court on Friday struck down the Trump administration’s approval of work requirements in the Arkansas Medicaid program, delivering a serious blow to the effort to impose more...
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Would ‘Medicare For All’ Cost More Than U.S. Budget? Biden Says So. Math Says No
During the Feb. 7 Democratic presidential debate, former Vice President Joe Biden once again questioned the price tag of “Medicare for All,” the single-payer health care proposal championed by one of...
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Pentagon to Divert Another $3.8 Billion to Pay for Trump’s Border Wall
The Trump administration plans to use billions of dollars intended to purchase combat equipment – including F-35 stealth jets, transport aircraft and an amphibious assault ship – to fund construction...
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Why Pete Buttigieg’s Deficit Talk Scares the Left
Pete Buttigieg has sparked a strong backlash from the left by suggesting that Democrats should take a firm stand on the importance of the national debt. For months now, Buttigieg has urged Democrats...
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Which States Rely Most on Federal Money?
About 23% of total state revenues came from federal grants in the 2017 fiscal year, contributing to programs that touch on a range of issues including health care, education and infrastructure. This...
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More Than 14% of Americans Struggled to Pay Medical Bills in 2018
About one in seven Americans reported belonging to a family that struggled to pay medical bills in 2018, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The percentage...