Christopher Flavelle
Climate advocates cheer Trump policy shift on flood insurance
NEW YORK - Climate advocates say an overhaul of the nation’s flood insurance program being unveiled by the Trump administration will spur communities around...
The shutdown’s bad. Buckle up because it could get much worse
NEW YORK - Airport security screeners could quit en masse, grounding flights. The federal courts could stop hearing civil cases. City buses could stop running.
And...
Shutdown puts $200M a day in federal contracts at risk
NEW YORK - If recent history is any guide, federal contractors could be out more than $200 million a day in lost or delayed revenue...
Kavanaugh could usher in even more business-friendly era on Supreme Court
NEW YORK - Brett Kavanaugh could add a powerful new voice on the Supreme Court to restrain what government agencies can do, ushering in a...
Out-of-pocket costs balloon
Until now, the fight over health care reform has mostly been a battle over two numbers: how many Americans have insurance, and how much...
Talk is cheap, renewable energy isn’t
If promises matter, it’s been a very good stretch for renewable power. At the end of July, Hillary Clinton said that as president she...
Republicans’ Obamacare argument is a sham
Here’s the most charitable interpretation of the Republican case against Obamacare: The law’s changes to the individual insurance market have left people in that...
Retirement prospects bleak
Most Americans need more help saving for retirement – and a new survey suggests they're increasingly unlikely to get it.
In a survey of 1,003...
Medicare pay reform misses bigger questions, opportunities
Last week’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, setting firm targets for shifting Medicare away from fee-for-service payments, has for...
Obamacare’s next problem is fighting human nature
It turns out that most people who enrolled in health insurance for 2014 through HealthCare.gov didn’t bother going back to the site to shop...
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