Social Insurance

The State of the Union Is Not Strong

David M. Walker | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: National Debt, Social Insurance, Social Safety Nets, State of the Union Address, Defense Spending, Partisanship, Barack Obama, State of the Union, Healthcare Costs, Politics News
David M. Walker

There are many things President Obama must cover in his State of the Union address. But our nation's finances are in such dire straits that they are reaching a critical condition.

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How Much Do We Care About the Elderly?

Eric Laursen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Geriatric, Meals on Wheels, Lewis Mumford, Social Insurance, The Fiscal Times, Eric Schurenberg, Eugene Stueurle, Medicare, Medicaid, Pete Peterson, Mutual Aid, Urban Institute, Cbsmoneywatch, Politics News
Eric Laursen

That's the real issue behind the Social Security debate -- and the deficit fight as well.

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Remembering Ted Sorensen: A Dedicated Advocate for Social Insurance

Merton and Joan Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted Sorensen, Role of Government, Medicare, Social Insurance, Social Security, Politics News
Merton and Joan Bernstein

Last Tuesday Ted Sorensen's family held a memorial for him at Lincoln Center. In the wake of his recent death, much of his stirring writing is being recalled. It seems worthwhile to mention one book that is less well known, Why I Am a Democrat.

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Women Of Color Have Median Wealth Of Just $5: Study

The Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marriage, Predatory Lending, Subprime Mortgages, Wealth, Social Insurance, Income Inequality, Pay Gap, Economy, Net Worth, Racism, Income Disparity, Wage Gap, Income, Business News

According to a report released by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development this week, there is a vast discrepancy in wealth between singl...

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The Millennial Commission

Hilary A. Doe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deficit Commission, Millennial Generation, Social Security, Social Insurance, Millennials, Social Security Reform, Politics News
Hilary A. Doe

Before Social Security or Medicare are slashed as part of the undemocratic commission's "solution" to our growing fiscal debt, Millennials must be given the opportunity to weigh in.

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Lehman's Failure: Why We Bailout Banks And Not Families

nytimes.com | Uwe E. Reinhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Banks, Bear Sterns, Bailout, Social Insurance, Lehman Brothers, Business News

A year ago, century-old Lehman Brothers lapsed into bankruptcy, completely spooking the oligarchy that runs our nation's financial sector. The olig...

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Dems & Repubs on Health Care: 'Love a Lobbyist'

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bobby Jindal, Roy Blunt, Health Insurance Industry, Henry Waxman, Medicare Modernization Act, Newt Gingrich, Pharma, Socialized Medicine, Social Insurance, Billy Tauzin, Tom Delay, Max Baucus, Zach Wamp, Ahip, Medicare Prescription Drug Reform, Kleptocracy, National Healthcare, Health, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Politics News
Michele Swenson

The same insurance and pharmaceutical lobbies have granted themselves billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies and inflated profits continue to shape the healthcare reform debate today.

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Finally, Health Insurance 90 Years Late

Paul A. London | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthcare Reform, Social Insurance, Health, Woodrow Wilson, Red Scare, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Care, Socialists, Business News
Paul A. London

Americans do not understand how close the country came to having universal health insurance nine decades ago or why it failed.

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A 1983 Faux Pas by Cindy McCain, a Sunday Morning Bromide by Roy Blunt, and What Republicans Still Don't Get About Helping People

Harold Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ray Blunt, Autism, Developmental Disability, Social Insurance, Health, Paul Krugman Nobel, Cindy McCain, Politics News
Harold Pollack

Ms. McCain revealed a basic difference between Democrats and Republicans about what we owe families who need help.

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