Congress must prioritize struggling families in budget talks

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May 13, 2025

Congress must prioritize struggling families in budget talks

One of the things that drew me to endorse early a young, first-time U.S. Senate candidate from Ohio, JD Vance, was a sense of shared understanding and passion for the typical struggling family. Vance, now vice president, told his moving family story in his 2016 bestselling book (also a popular Ron Howard Netflix film) Hillbilly Elegy. To read […]

The rest of the story on Medicaid money laundering

Beneath the surface of Medicaid’s state-federal partnership lies a tangled web of financial sleight-of-hand that quietly drains federal coffers, shifts enormous costs from states to the federal government, and raises premiums on working people. To explain the issue, last month, Paragon Health Institute released a report titled “Addressing Medicaid Money Laundering.” The term “Medicaid money […]

There are signs that the GOP is avoiding the Medicaid trap

Many Republican members of Congress have been leery of cuts to Medicaid, afraid of being tarred by Democratic attack ads. The recently released House Energy and Commerce Committee draft proposals should help them rest more easily because they avoid the classic Republican mistake: appearing to care more about saving money than saving lives. Democrats have […]

An illegal immigrant killed two teenagers in my community. Under the Trump administration, he will face justice

The worst call you could ever receive as a parent is one telling you that your teenage son or daughter has been in a car crash. It’s a life-changing call that would go down as one of the worst days of your life. It could be even worse, though: What if you also found out […]

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