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<title><![CDATA[Andy Slavitt - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/35153.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Andy Slavitt]]></description><category domain="35153">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Defeat for Republicans on Obamacare]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/06/18/trump-tried-kill-health-care-law-covid-wrong-fight-republicans/7737653002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has handed Republicans the perfect opportunity to lay down their weapons. Attacking this health care law is both cruel and futile.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Covid, Covid &amp; Covid: How Biden Can Lead on Health Care]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/11/16/covid-affordable-care-act-top-biden-health-care-list-column/6302515002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden can be effective on health care even without complete control of Congress. And that will help America bounce back more quickly in other ways.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is the National Reset We Need on Covid-19]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/08/04/trump-ignores-covid-deaths-need-for-national-strategy-column/5574327002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We desperately need a COVID strategy. But a national reset would require leadership we don't have and Trump has shown he can't or won't provide it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Decade's Health Care Winners and Losers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/12/20/health-care-decade-medicaid-obama-trump-democrats-republicans-column/2688093001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The political lesson of the decade is that on health care, the party that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' appeals to the fear of losing something tends to have the winning argument.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Can Beat Trump on Health Care]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/06/26/2020-democrats-health-care-issue-column/1557719001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Don't just debate how to expand insurance. Health should anchor an economic message of security, financial mobility, racial equality and rural revival.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamacare Unconstitutional? That's a Cruel Mistake]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/12/16/trump-ensures-2020-another-health-care-debacle-republicans-column/2330158002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans are inflicting nonstop terror on Americans who need the insurance and protections of the Affordable Care Act. Voters will remember in 2020.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Health Law Survives Despite Trump, So Sign Up]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/12/13/health-care-law-still-alive-despite-trump-open-enrollment-column/2289409002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act is down but not out under Trump, and sorely needed given new realities of more chronic conditions and less employer insurance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Republicans Dig the Hole Deeper on Health Care?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/14/health-care-top-2020-concern-if-republicans-keep-attacking-column/1988990002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans can work with Democrats on health care or keep attacking the ACA. What they decide will affect real people and the 2020 presidential race.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vote Your Fears on Health Care, Not Caravan 'Crisis']]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/05/losing-health-care-scarier-than-trumps-caravan-election-sideshow-column/1847778002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump and Republicans want you to vote in this election based on fear, and you should. Fear how their health care cuts will affect you and your family.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Justice Kavanaugh Could Deal Death Blow to Obamacare]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/13/supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-could-kill-obamacare-column/778695002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With his new Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump is now using all three branches of government to try to kill the Affordable Care Act.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Bid to Gut Obamacare Will Be a Loser This Fall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/11/trump-kill-affordable-care-act-health-care-midterms-column/689085002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump is doing what Republicans say they want. But trying to gut Obamacare and its protections for people with pre-existing conditions will be a loser this fall.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Junk Insurance Plans Are Bad for Your Health]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/05/junk-insurance-proves-trump-doesnt-care-your-health-andy-slavitt-column/381588002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans in Washington are so far proving they can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be taken seriously to improve the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s health or health care system. After first submitting a budget that aims to force'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' austerity on Medicaid and Medicare'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' recipients to pay for last year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tax cuts'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that are...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans' Best Play Amid Health Bill Chaos Is Failure]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/10/gop-health-bill-chaos-best-play-failure-andy-slavitt-colum/455277001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican plan to undo the Affordable Care Act has spun out of control. GOP senators are frustrated by a process that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' excluded many of them'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and violates their promise to make'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' health care more affordable. The abysmally unpopular'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' plan is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' favored by only 12%'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in the latest...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bad Backroom Deals Won't Cure Republican Health Bill]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/15/bad-backroom-deals-wont-fix-gop-health-bill-ahca-column-andy-slavitt/102842356/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new health care system'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' affecting millions of families is being designed right now in closed-door meetings attended by a small group of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Republican senators and their aides. Access to insurance, needed treatments and affordable premiums are'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' being bargained away in exchange for the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Health Care Score Is Republicans 1, Americans 0]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/05/health-care-score-republicans-1-americans-0-andy-slavitt-column/101326472/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andy Slavitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans celebrated on TV with cheers and a Rose Garden ceremony, but many Americans reacted with'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' disbelief and outrage when the House voted to dramatically scale back access to health care for millions. The narrow party line vote, and the public high fiving by Congress and the...]]></description>
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