Time Magazine International Edition

The limits of ‘Bidencare’

EMOCRATS HAD HIGH HOPES FOR HEALTH CARE. After winning big on the issue in the 2018 midterms, Democrats swaggered into 2020 convinced they had a mandate to transform the industry. The only question was how best to do it. In the Democratic primary, Joe Biden’s plan to add a government-run “public option” for health insurance to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) emerged as the moderate

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Time Magazine International Edition

Time Magazine International Edition3 min read
Stepping Up
Where do you find influence in 2024? You can start with the offices of the Anti-Corruption Foundation in Vilnius, Lithuania, where TIME met with Yulia Navalnaya earlier this spring. There, the activist is working with 60 supporters—whose anti-Kremlin
Time Magazine International Edition2 min readCrime & Violence
The D.C. Brief
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Kelley Robinson was running the political shop at Planned Parenthood. Like many abortion-rights advocates, she’d seen the moment looming. Still, it felt like a personal and professional thwacking. “Up un
Time Magazine International Edition2 min read
The Real Carmichael Show
Jerrod Carmichael had been a famous comedian for almost a decade when he dropped his average-dude persona and started being real. In his 2022 special, Rothaniel, he came out as gay, speaking with rueful humor about internalized homophobia and his fra

Related Books & Audiobooks