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Why Donald Trump Hates Michael Moore — And Why I Used To Hate Him, Too

A week after Michael Moore’s one-man Broadway show closed — as scheduled — President Trump took to Twitter over the weekend to do what so many men in high places have done for years: malign Moore in an effort to make people believe that Moore hates America and its business and political leaders most of all.

While not at all presidential I must point out that the Sloppy Michael Moore Show on Broadway was a TOTAL BOMB and was

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Why We Need ‘Pull-No-Punches Reporting’ That Holds Big Corporations And Moneyed Interests Accountable

Nataline Sarkisyan might be alive today had I not been such a team player when she was so sick.

Had I not been so focused on helping my company “win in the marketplace” and “enhance shareholder value,” had health insurance companies been held more accountable by lawmakers, the media and the public, Nataline, who died at the age of 17 nine years and 310 days ago, might have received the liver transplant she needed.

I know about Nataline because of

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Study Refutes a Big Health Care Special Interest’s Talking Points

One of the most prevalent talking points used by an entrenched special interest to keep a new clinical profession from flourishing in the United States has been shown to be unfounded: The use of mid-level providers in dentistry can make a big difference in the oral health of people who live in communities where dentists are few and far between.

A recently completed study by researchers at the University of Washington shows that children and adults in Alaska Native communities

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Desperate for Dental Care in America’s Heartland

Imagine going online to make an appointment with your dentist and finding this message, in bold letters, at the top of the website:

– The patient parking lot will open no later than midnight.

– Numbered patient admission tickets will be given out beginning at 3 AM, one ticket per patient.

– Clinic doors will open at 6 AM. Patients will be admitted in numerical order by ticket # and a ticket is required for admission.

– Services are provided

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Conservatives and Liberals Agree on at Least One Health Care Fix

If you’re following the heated debate over whether the Affordable Care Act should be repealed and replaced, you might conclude that expanding access to health care is a goal that’s inconsistent with controlling government spending. You might also conclude that finding common ground is impossible because, it seems, right-leaning organizations want to talk only about cutting taxes while left-leaning organizations want to talk only about reducing the number of people without health care benefits.

That’s the conventional wisdom in DC,

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Wendell Potter and Avik Roy discuss the House GOP health care bill on MSNBC [VIDEO]

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Wendell Potter and Avik Troy discuss the House GOP health care bill on MSNBC [VIDEO]

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How America’s Dental Health Crisis Created Mexico’s “Molar City”

Immigration and the Mexican border have been in the news for months. But all the stories have been about people coming to the United States. The untold story is how many Americans are leaving the U.S. for Mexico. Not to stay but to get dental care.

So many Americans are making the trip across the border to see a dentist that one small border town, Los Algodones, is now better known by its nickname: Molar City. The demand has become …

Wendell Potter discusses CBO score of AHCA on CGTN [VIDEO]

For deeper analysis of the CBO score on the Obamacare repeal bill, Wendell Potter spoke to CGTN’s Rachelle Akuffo spoke to.…

Wendell Potter discusses CBO score of AHCA on CGTN

For deeper analysis of the CBO score on the Obamacare repeal bill, Wendell Potter spoke to CGTN’s Rachelle Akuffo spoke to.…