How to Test More People for Coronavirus Without Actually Needing More Tests

By Quoctrung Bui, Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz
NYT The Upshot
Pooled testing, which can make one coronavirus test as powerful as five, is particularly useful when the infection rate is low. Its use could free up more tests for places where the virus is more widespread.
Published date: July 27, 2020 at 12:00PM
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Iowa’s in Love Again. Sort Of.

By Jennifer Finney Boylan
NYT Opinion
Why should we listen to her anyway? Remember when she fell for Rick Santorum?
Published date: February 5, 2020 at 12:00PM
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New York Times article

50 Reasons the Idea of Free College Is Misunderstood

By Matthew Chingos
NYT The Upshot
It’s all about the states. A big question is how a plan could work in all of them.
Published date: December 20, 2019 at 12:00PM
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What if the Road to Single-Payer Led Through the States?

By Sarah Kliff
NYT The Upshot
A California congressman’s plan would lower federal barriers to letting states experiment with health care policy.
Published date: November 8, 2019 at 12:00PM
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Trump Is Being Vague About What He Wants to Replace Obamacare. But There Are Clues.

By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
NYT The Upshot
The three leading G.O.P. health care proposals all involve block grants. Those plans are hard to square with the president’s promises to lower premiums and deductibles.
Published date: April 5, 2019 at 12:00PM
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New York Times article

Trump Is Being Vague About What He Wants to Replace Obamacare. But There Are Clues.

By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
NYT The Upshot
The three leading G.O.P. health care proposals all involve block grants. Those plans are hard to square with the president’s promises to lower premiums and deductibles.
Published date: April 5, 2019 at 12:00PM
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New York Times article

In Utah and Idaho, G.O.P. Looks to Curb Medicaid Expansions That Voters Approved

By ROBERT PEAR
NYT U.S.
In Idaho and Utah, two conservative states, voters approved initiatives to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Now G.O.P. lawmakers are looking to curb those expansions.
Published date: February 5, 2019 at 12:25AM
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