Campaigns · 119th Congress
Eight(ish) California predictions for 2026
A new leader to run the private university would be expected to start July 1 — will they be Trump-friendly, or a fighter?
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Opinion · 117th Congress
‘Rebate rule’ is wrong path to reducing prescription drug costs
The Government Accountability Office, in a 2019 report, reported that PBMs passed 99.6 percent — all but less than one-half of 1 percent — of rebates to Part D plan sponsors.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Stalled COVID-19 package may allow Republicans to flip health care in their favor
Constituents frustrated at the prospect of not knowing what their health care would look like that year voted 4-to-1 in favor of Democratic challengers.
Opinion · 116th Congress
As COVID-19 crisis raises risk of suicide and mental illness, Americans deserve more help
In 2016, the University of Nebraska Medical Center reported that 1 in 5 Nebraskans had reported experiencing mental illness over the previous year.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Tommy Thompson: The new coronavirus has no partisan preference
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Opinion · 116th Congress
How do you restore the budget process in Congress? Eliminate the Budget committees
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Opinion · 116th Congress
Drug pricing is secretive. Fix that first
One result is that the average net price of a brand-name specialty drug in Part D grew at an annual rate of 22 percent from 2010 to 2015, while 25 percent of Part D spending applied to fewer than 1 percent
Opinion · 116th Congress
Youth, anger, impeachment and the 1970s
Unlike, say, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, I lost the Democratic primary to the floor leader of the Michigan state House, although I did carry anti-war Ann Arbor by a 5-to-1 margin.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Is Beto O’Rourke the Next Jon Ossoff?
Although twice as many Texans (about 1 million) voted in the Democratic primary this year compared to 2014, 1.5 million votes were cast in the Republican primary.
Opinion · 115th Congress
7 Ways the Senate Can Spend the Rest of August
Among the looming, and still unaddressed, catastrophes that went mostly ignored in your absence were: 1.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Work Requirements Don’t Actually Work
At a time when Republicans just passed a $2 trillion tax scam — of which 83 percent of the benefits went to the top 1 percent — we should be working every single day to help those who are struggling
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: ‘Spider-Man’ Would Never Fly in Donald Trump’s America
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Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Doctors Are Drowning in Data Entry as Health IT Policy Lags
To get there, the federal government needs to: 1) Task private sector bodies with any regulatory activities that span beyond the federal government’s traditional role of assuring consumer protections
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: If Nothing Else, the Budget Act Is a Win for Chronic Care
Watch: Cruz Talks Obamacare at CPAC [jwp-video n=”1″] Sixty percent of adults in this country have at least one chronic condition, and 40 percent have two or more.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Is There Room for Science and Evidence in Trump’s Budget?
Here are four key areas to watch: 1.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Democrats Should Pick Their Senate Confirmation Fights Wisely
There were rumors about alcoholism and (to use a euphemism of the era) womanizing plus grumbles about the $1 million that Tower had been paid by defense contractors after he left the Senate.