Fixing

How Medicaid's mission creep is undermining real health care

Medicare is key to fixing health care and the federal budget

Many failed political candidates can attest to the risks of supporting changes to Medicare. It’s an easy problem to exploit in the heat of the moment. At the same time, there is no avoiding the centrality of the program to two serious challenges: rising medical care spending and the sharp increase in the projected federal …

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Opinion: Fixing Santa Clara County's mental health system would save lives and money

Opinion: Fixing Santa Clara County’s mental health system would save lives and money

Instead, people who could be successfully treated are languishing and dying on our streets because of political inaction. We can change that. We can reduce crime, save lives and save millions of tax dollars by finally taking seriously the untreated mental health issues that are driving up our population of homeless residents, contributing to rising …

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