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Breaking Up Big Medicine vs. Single-Payer: An Analysis of Competing Health Care Reform Proposals

Sep 10, 2026

A new health-care reform agenda puts antitrust at the center, targeting the conglomerates that dominate insurance, pharmacies, and providers. But breaking up Big Medicine leaves deeper problems intact, from profit-driven denial and risk selection to the administrative costs of a fragmented system.

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Big Money, the Maine Senate Race and US Party Competition: A Tale in Two Pictures

Jun 30, 2026

What can one Senate race reveal about the hidden machinery of American politics? In Maine, donor patterns expose how campaign finance can shape party competition, political narratives, and the choices voters are asked to make long before ballots are counted.