Tag / President Obama
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Healthcare Partisanship: Where Do We Draw the Line?
In 1986, Ronald Reagan signed the landmark legislation known as EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act) which mandated that hospitals who accepted payments from the federal government (Medicare, Medicaid, etc.) had to provide emergency medical treatment until their condition is stabilized. This widely popular mandate is often cited as a guarantee that every patient…
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On Wonder Woman
A classmate of mine asked if I would accompany her to see a screening of Wonder Woman. We were studying abroad in Paris, and I was curious as to whether or not the film would be in English. I happily agreed and walked to the theater in anticipation of what I would experience. From the…
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What Obama Should Do Next
The last few months have been some of the most consequential of Barack Obama’s presidency— winning Supreme Court battles that upheld the Affordable Health Care Act and gay rights, to using executive action to reform immigration, and most recently striking an accord between Iran and the P5+1 to limit Iran’s nuclear capability. Obama has made it…
