Judy Lubin, PhD, MPH

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Health Care Showdown: How Did We Get Here?

March 29, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Cross-posted on The Huffington Post and Politic365 Passing the Affordable Care Act was no easy feat. The legislative and political battle over health reform was sharply drawn along ideological lines. After months of political wrangling and Tea Party protests that underscored fundamental differences on the role of government, the public option was off the table […]

Filed Under: Blog, Health Policy, Politics Tagged With: Affordable Care Act, conservatives, health care, health reform, Individual Mandate, obama, Obamacare, President Obama, Supreme Court

America’s Forgotten Class —Do the Poor Matter?

January 30, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Smiley, West, Huffington

So often in our public discourse the plight of the poor is subsumed within the needs of the middle class (i.e., “a rising tide lifts all boats”) or all together ignored. While this familiar narrative unfolded during Tavis Smiley’s America’s Next Chapter forum (I’ll return to this point later), it was refreshing to hear the conversation begin with a focus on America’s forgotten class.

Filed Under: Media & Society, Politics Tagged With: class warfare, conservatives, cornel west, economy, middle class, poor, poverty, public discourse, tavis smiley, working class

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