Medicaid cuts are being used to push austerity in hospitals’ contract negotiations with nurses, even as some hospitals dabble in financial speculation and their CEOs rake in millions.
True or false?: “Since 1980, the U.S. government has reduced its intervention in the U.S. economy, which has become much more of a free market. Conservatives embrace this outcome, while progressives object to it.” Read more »
Dear Dr. Dollar:
What are the similarities and differences between structural adjustment in the
rest of the world/Third World and structural adjustment in the United States? Read more »
Is New York Times columnist David Brooks right that growth in “entitlements”—government programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid—“will bankrupt the country”? Read more »
