Nicole Huberfeld

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson addresses the media on Feb. 25, 2025, after the House narrowly passed his budget resolution calling for big spending cuts. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

GOP lawmakers commit to big spending cuts, putting Medicaid under a spotlight – but trimming the low‑income health insurance program would be hard

Two health law scholars explain how the public health insurance program for low-income people and people with disabilities works, and why cutting its cost would be hard to pull off.
Abortion rights demonstrators rally in Scottsdale, Ariz., on April 24, 2024, protesting a near total ban that Arizona briefly had in place. Frederic J. Brown via Getty Images

While Republicans are downplaying abortion ahead of November, Democrats are leaning in on the issue

While the Republican Party platform has typically included anti-abortion language, this year’s platform is curiously silent on the issue.
Abortion rights supporters celebrate Issue 1 passing in Ohio on Nov. 7, 2023. Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images

Abortion rights victories show this issue is unlikely to fade in 2024 elections − 3 things to know

The new constitutional amendment to protect the right to abortion in Ohio − as well as other wins for Democrats − shows the importance of ballot initiatives and focusing on abortion in elections.
Abortion-rights demonstrators protest in front of the Supreme Court building on June 25, 2022, a day after the announcement of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling. Brandon Bell/Getty Images News via Getty Images

In the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ruled states should decide the legality of abortion, voters at the state level have been doing just that: 4 essential reads

In the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, giving decisions about the legality of abortion back to states, voters and state legislatures have made their preferences on abortion clear.
Des manifestants pour le droit à l'avortement participent à une veillée à la bougie pour la liberté reproductive et le droit à l'avortement devant la Cour suprême des États-Unis à Washington, le 26 juin 2022. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Annulation de l’arrêt Roe : ce que vous devez savoir sur la décision de la Cour suprême concernant l’avortement

Par une majorité de 6 contre 3, la Cour suprême a choisi d’annuler l’arrêt historique Roe et de mettre fin à près de 50 ans d’accès à l’avortement en tant que droit constitutionnel.
People affected by the downturn in the economy caused by coronavirus at a food bank in Central Florida in April, 2020. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto/Getty Images

While the US is reeling from COVID‑19, the Trump administration is trying to take away health care

In the middle of the pandemic, the Trump administration is pursuing policy and a court ruling that would take away health care from millions. Two scholars explain the details.

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