Michael Cantwell 
The body count from the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 was just under 3000 persons. If Republicans succeed in repealing the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), the body count is likely to be quintuple that in 2018 alone, escalating thereafter as more Americans lose their insurance. The precise numbers may be unknowable until the unthinkable … Read more
Democrats are accustomed to cleaning up Republican disasters. We should be, we’ve been doing it since the Great Depression. But now we are facing the gravest threat to the Republic since . . . Well, there really is no “since,” is there? Next to Donald Trump, George W. Bush appears thoughtful and compassionate, Ronald Reagan … Read more
During his confirmation hearings, Rep. Tom Price, subsequently confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, bragged that the Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA,” also and more widely known as “Obamacare”) would give everyone “access to health care.” Bernie Sanders immediately burst that sound bite bubble by noting … Read more