Americans Have Had to Borrow $88 Billion to Cover Health Care Costs in the Past Year
Elnur/Shutterstock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If you needed proof that Americans are going into debt to pay for medical treatment due to the United States’ deeply flawed healthcare system, look no further. Americans borrowed more than $88 billion in the past year to cover healthcare costs, with nearly 3…
Tammy Duckworth Forced Airlines to Report When They Break Wheelchairs. Hers Ended Up on the List.
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In December, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) caught a flight back to Washington after surveying tornado damage in her home state only to discover that, for at least the third time in three years, the wheelchair she relies on…
Quote of the Day: “Let’s Not Go Overboard Saying There’s No Wrongdoing”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s the latest from the White House: Senior White House official to @NYMag: “There will be plenty of unfavorable things about the president in the full report, which we think will eventually come out, so let’s not go overboard saying there’s no wrongdoing. Let’s move…
Republicans Are Way More Partisan Than Democrats
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ah, partisanship: This is from a YouGov poll via Catherine Rampell. There’s some partisanship visible on both side, but way, way more among Republicans. When Democrats were asked about Javanka, more of them were critical than they were of Hillary Clinton, but only by 14…
Is Stock Market Growth a Black Eye for the Fed?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I don’t understand stuff like this. Here is Nomi Prins: For literally anybody that thinks the Fed’s low rate / QE policy since the financial crisis actually impacts real economic growth as opposed to the stock market’s growth, just look at this picture – from…
Trump Tears Into Puerto Rico, Falsely Claims It Has Received $91 Billion in Aid
Cheriss May/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a series of furious tweets that began Monday evening and continued well into Tuesday, President Donald Trump lashed out at Puerto Rico’s leaders—twice labeling them as “corrupt” and “incompetent”—and falsely claimed the island has already received $91 billion in federal aid after…