Bosses Gone Berserk

Bosses Gone Berserk

The sky is falling! The End Times are upon us! It’s all over for America! And it’s all because of you working-class voters. That’s the wretched wail of a few corporate chieftains who claim to be somewhere between flummoxed and furious that Barack...
Voting Can Be Good for Your Health

Voting Can Be Good for Your Health

I always had a sensitive stomach growing up. Until I got to college, I never imagined it would cost me tens of thousands of dollars per year. My first semester at the University of California, Berkeley should have revolved around making new friends and experiencing...
Why John Roberts Upheld the Affordable Care Act

Why John Roberts Upheld the Affordable Care Act

Health law’s safe, As it can be; Now don’t blame,This Court on me. Many Republicans expressed shock, even betrayal, when Chief Justice John Roberts himself turned out to be the Supreme Court’s turncoat Republican who upheld the Affordable Care Act....
Lifesaving Law

Lifesaving Law

Steve Gepner almost died four times. His health care saga began mundanely enough, as many do. After all, how many of us expect we could be hours or days away from life-threatening illness? Steve and his wife, Sue, live in Colorado Springs. He’s an auto mechanic....
The ‘Freedom’ to Refuse Health Insurance

The ‘Freedom’ to Refuse Health Insurance

As the writer Anatole France once said, “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges.” The right to refuse to have health insurance — something Republican leaders tout as a fundamental freedom — is a lot...