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Beyond Obamacare: 5 opinions on health care reform
Health care reform remains a contentious issue in the United States. The Supreme Court will decide this year on President Obama's health care law, known as Obamacare. Meanwhile, Americans spend a higher percentage of GDP on health care than other advanced nations, for care that many argue isn't as good. Here writers explore five key aspects of US health care reform.
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Beyond Obamacare: 5 opinions on health care reform
Health care reform remains a contentious issue in the United States. The Supreme Court will decide this year on President Obama's health care law, known as Obamacare. Meanwhile, Americans spend a higher percentage of GDP on health care than other advanced nations, for care that many argue isn't as good. Here writers explore five key aspects of US health care reform.
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A health-care plan Ryan, Obama, and Romney should all get behind
With health-care costs skyrocketing, the US faces a critical fork in the road. Medicare for all isn't viable, but neither is Paul Ryan's privatized system. Thankfully, we don't have to choose. Having both a private and a public plan isn't just political compromise. It's what's best for Americans.
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US adds 3.8 million more to ranks of the poor as poverty rate jumps
US poverty rate hit 14.3 percent last year, up from 13.2 percent in 2008. The jump bring the number of the poor to its highest level since 1959, five years before the Johnson-era War on Poverty.
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Are higher taxes inevitable?
Obama is in a bind, given his no-tax campaign pledge. But the recession, stimulus spending, and higher interest on national debt are ballooning federal deficits, perhaps to risky levels.
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Obama promises 600,000 new jobs from stimulus spending
Only $37 billion of the $787 billion has been spent so far. Confusing provisions and the sheer size of the bill have created delays.
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CBO: US deficit ballooning to record $1.7 trillion
Higher forecast will complicate Obama's bid to push spending plans through Congress.
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Economic downturn frays America's safety net
Advocates for nonprofit aid agencies hope they'll get some help in the economic stimulus package.
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Rich getting richer: Campaign issue?
Studies show that the rich are getting a lot richer, the poor a little poorer. The middle class is slipping.
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