Obamacare

Did you know that Joe Biden was Barack Obama’s vice president? In case anyone watching the Democratic debate somehow forgot that fact, Biden repeatedly invoked Obama, and has elsewhere taken to referring to the “Obama-Biden administration” and “Obama-Biden De…

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough was appalled at how much the 2020 candidates bashed former President Barack Obama's policies in order to go after his vice president Joe Biden during Wednesday's primary debate. "Ok. Let me get this straight. Democrats hate Obamaca…

Healthcare is clearly the primary topic in this weeks second round of Democratic primary debates, but Obamacare the crowning jewel of former President Barack Obamas liberal agenda seems to be a taboo subject. The only Democratic presidential candidate who s…

In the Democratic primary field so far, few issues have sparked as much verbal sparring among candidates as health care reform. Its crystallized one of the main divides among the Democratic 2020 candidates, who carry dueling visions of how to remake the Am…

If this was the last stand for several Democratic presidential hopefuls, they made their words count -- and sting. Interested in Democratic Party? Add Democratic Party as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Democratic Party news, video, and analysi…

On Saturday, in the midst of what must have been a particularly ferocious bowel movement, Donald Trump went on a long, racist diatribe about congressman Elijah Cummings and his district in Baltimore and all the usual bullshit youve come to just tune out. Sinc…

By Lambert Strether of Corrente Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune “2020 Democratic Pres…

Imagine the utter contempt that Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) must hold for the American people. “Again and again, Democrats have refused to join Republicans in guaranteeing coverage for pre-existing conditions,” Cornyn tweeted Monday morning. The tweet was in res…

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris warns of strict cost and quality standards on participating insurers, although she isnt specific about what those new requirements will be. | Darron Cummings/AP Photo Sen. Kamala Harris on Monday unveiled a pla…

Jay Inslee is running for president as the climate change candidate. But the two-term Washington state governor can credibly claim to have accomplished more than most of his peers on health care, a signature issue in the 2020 campaign. He created both the n…