Forty years ago, we had a fight about health insurance in this country; a political struggle over how to cover the uninsured. On one side was President Richard Nixon, who advocated bringing the uninsured into the existing system of private insurance through an employer mandate—a law requiring corporations to buy health insurance for their workers. On the other side were the liberals, led by Senator...
February 9, 2014
Do You Hear the People Sing, Citoyen Burke?
It is the year 1832, and France is bleeding. King Louis Philippe has reneged on his promise to help the poor of Paris during a time when the economy has tanked and the hardships of disease and poverty bear down on the people of France more than ever. At this point, a brave group of revolutionaries...