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An Oligarchy of Old People

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America Has a New GLP-1 Playbook

Nicholas Florko

April 11, 2026

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The Banality of MAGA-fication

April 10, 2026

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Vance’s ‘Fraud Czar’ Title May Come Back to Haunt Him

April 9, 2026

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Democrats Learned the Wrong Lesson From 2024

March 18, 2026

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Is It Aging, or Is It ADHD?

February 25, 2026

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America’s Annoyance Economy Is Growing

February 9, 2026

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Welfare Fraud Is a Problem—For Democrats

James Surowiecki

January 19, 2026

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Democrats Finally Realize It Isn’t 2016 Anymore

November 20, 2025

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How Are We Still Fighting About Obamacare?

October 10, 2025

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A Big, Bad, Very Ugly Bill

July 1, 2025

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The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense

May 9, 2025

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Congressional Republicans Might Set Off the Debt Bomb

April 24, 2025

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Trump Wants Credit for That Too

March 19, 2025

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One Potential Benefit of RFK Jr.’s Crusade Against Outside Influence

Ezekiel J. Emanuel

March 4, 2025

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DOGE’s Fuzzy Math

February 18, 2025

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RFK Jr. Has a Lot to Learn About Medicaid

Katherine J. Wu

January 29, 2025

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The Health-Care System Isn’t Hopeless

December 14, 2024

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America Needs to Radically Rethink What It Means to Be Old

January 2025 Issue

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What Can DOGE Do?

December 6, 2024

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Why Oz Is the Doctor Trump Ordered

John Hendrickson

November 20, 2024

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The Question Hanging Over Harris’s Campaign

October 14, 2024

The Great Big Medicare Rip-Off

Ezekiel J. Emanuel

December 26, 2022

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The Drug That Could Break American Health Care

Nicholas Bagley and Rachel Sachs

June 11, 2021

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The Two Choices Bernie Backers Have Left

May 19, 2020

The Dissonance Between Sanders and His Supporters on Medicare for All

February 25, 2020

The Atlantic Politics Daily: Medicare for All—Maybe

Saahil Desai and Christian Paz

February 25, 2020

The Stunning Rise of Single-Payer Health Care

November 21, 2019

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The Democratic Primary Is Now a Sideshow

David A. Graham

October 15, 2019

The Real Costs of the U.S. Health-Care Mess

August 8, 2019

John Delaney Had One Good Point on Medicare for All

July 30, 2019

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Democrats Search for the Holy Grail of Health Care

June 26, 2019