U.S. Government Blog

In the article “ A Near-Universal Health-Care Plan That Wouldn’t Break the Bank ” the editorial board of The Washington Post explore a middle ground for government funded health care. The authors describe a proposal released by the Economist at the Urban Institute for a health care plan that would potentially satisfy people who are extremely for or against government health care. The plan would take advantage of the pros of universal health care, such as making health care accessible to a lot more people, but would also limit the cons, such as large government spending. The plan would keep Medicare and employer based health care but create a new system for everyone else. Government would help pay for those buying insurance and the subsidies would be scaled with income (those who make a very small amount of money would get a larger amount of money), and those who could, would still pay premiums. Those who this article was written for fall in the middle of the road when it co...

An article published on September 19, 2018 in the New York Times titled “ Kavanaugh Accuser Rejects Senate Hearing as Unfair ”, written by Peter Baker and Nicholas Fandos reviews the recent accusations of sexual assault of Brett Kavanaugh and Trumps short encounter with the press on the topic. On wednesday Donald Trump spoke briefly with reporters before leaving from the White House to North Carolina. President Trump openly shared his opinion that the accusations were unfair to Kavanaugh and his family, referring several times to him as ‘Justice’ Kavanaugh. The article goes on to restate the accusations and the recent events in the case. The authors write about the positions taken by both democratic and republican senators. Senate democrats complained that republicans were trying to rush through the examination so that Kavanaugh could be confirmed. Republicans complained that a F.B.I. investigation was simply delaying the process. The article id informative and provides insight from ...

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