Last week, USA Today published an opinion editorial column attributed to Donald Trump titled "Democrats 'Medicare for All' plan will demolish promises to seniors."
Immediately, Washington Post fact-checkers got to work.
And what they found was nothing short of astounding.
It turns...
Let's take a moment to close our eyes and think of a cigar smoke-filled room in a local Georgetown bar. The time is early November in the year 2008. Inside this room are some of...
You may have heard scuttlebutt that Republicans are at it again. As early as today or tomorrow, Republicans in Congress may vote to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka "Obamacare."
Yes, the abysmal failure...
I have grown up as a patient. When I was in kindergarten, I started gathering chronic illness diagnoses and, apparently, don't know how to stop. I have become increasingly political in recent years, thanks to...
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, President Barack Obama said he believes marijuana use should be treated as a public health issue:
"I do believe that treating this as a public-health issue, the same way we...
Anyone who sees footage of a Salt Lake City police detective try to bully a nurse at University of Utah Hospital into letting him draw blood from an unconscious drunk driving victim would wonder how...
National Center for Health Statistics just released new data showing that last year, U.S. death rates rose for the first time in a decade.
"The crude death rate for all causes was 841.9 per 100,000 population,...
They're at it again.
As if the proposed Senate Republican tax plan did not put enough targets on average Americans' backs, according to multiple reports, the revised bill includes another insult: repeal the Affordable Care Act's, aka Obamacare, individual...
What a crazy night. The second GOP debate was even more entertaining than the first. There were soooooo many insanely stupid moments. As we expected, clown candidate Donald Trump was one of the biggest stars...
Celebrities' movie projects sometimes require them to don some unexpected getups, as was the case with actress Salma Hayek two weeks ago, when she was rushed to a hospital wearing a completely inappropriate shirt.
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Earlier this week, we got a very loud reminder that state elections matter at least as much as federal elections. A Republican state representative in Georgia who happens to be the wife of a former...
To date, more than 390,000 Americans have succumbed to COVID-19.
As of Saturday, there are 23,644,885 confirmed cases in the United States.
By the time you read this, it will be much higher, as officials warn we could...
Speaking at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines over the weekend, Dr. Ben Carson, a likely contender for the 2016 Republican nomination for President, said he vehemently opposes the Affordable Care Act--also known as...
On Thursday, President Donald Trump issued a speech attempting to characterize his legislative goals and tax cut bill as "populist." Despite significant contradictory analysis, the president claimed his efforts negativity affect wealthy individuals and aids...
No matter how hard they try to pretend they actually give a damn about average Americans, Republicans seem to have a weakness for saying what they really feel when there's a camera around, proving their...
"Religious freedom."
It doesn't sound so bad, does it?
Who would be opposed to it?
In fact, the First Amendment makes it clear we have a tacit freedom of religion when its states:
"Congress shall make no law respecting...
Donald Trump is again promising that every American will be "beautifully covered" under his proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but again refused to provide even the slightest amount of specifics to back...
Did you know that Humans are the only species that produce tears when emotional? Tears are not just superficial expressions of emotion, however. They also serve a very necessary purpose. There are 3 types of...
Randy Bryce (D) is challenging Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R) for re-election in Wisconsin’s first congressional district. A mustachioed Army veteran and union iron worker (he tweets @IronStache), Bryce has exactly the sort of...
Bob Ruscoe is one of millions of Americans who voted for Donald Trump in November, even though doing so was against his best interests, especially on the issue of health care. And now he's practically...
