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Jonathan Cohn is a senior editor at The New Republic magazine and a senior fellow at Demos , a non-partisan public policy center that is headquartered in New York City. He writes about domestic politics and policy with a primary focus on health care, on which he has just published a book (see below).

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Less Cancer Screening Under McCain's Plan? Actually, Yes.

McCain, like most conservatives, believes that allowing cross-state purchases of insurance will help make health care more affordable. If people can shop for the policy that best suits their needs, the market will naturally bring down prices--while ...

From JONATHAN COHN, The New Republic,  7 Oct 2008

Your Umpteenth Reminder on the Tax Cuts

The two candidates' tax plans would have sharply different distributional effects. Senator McCain's tax cuts would primarily benefit those with very high incomes, almost all of whom would receive large tax cuts that would, on average, raise their after- ...

From JONATHAN COHN, The New Republic,  7 Oct 2008

Obama: Trying to Make Health Care Simple

Obama's answer about health care reform came straight from the speech he gave a few days ago--which, as I wrote at the time, was very strong. While the scheme Obama supports is necessarily complicated, I think his two-step explanation makes sense: If ...

From JONATHAN COHN, The New Republic,  7 Oct 2008

The Tax-and-Spend Attack: Has It Run Its Course?

Once again, CNN is showing how voters are reacting to the debate arguments, real-time. Among the more fascinating responses was the one John McCain elicited when he attacked Barack Obama for supporting too much spending. From what I could tell, it got ...

From JONATHAN COHN, The New Republic,  7 Oct 2008

McCain: I'm Not Raising Taxes. I'm Cutting Medicare!

If Sen. McCain were to apply both of these [deductions] to the value of health benefits, he could fully pay for his new tax credits. That is what aides have in the past suggested he would do. ... Barack Obama says John McCain would ...

From JONATHAN COHN, The New Republic,  6 Oct 2008

For Obama, Just What the Doctor Ordered

Health care has been conspicuously absent from the presidential campaign in the last few months. But Barack Obama is trying to change that. He's got the right idea--and, more important, the right message. Mostly. On Saturday, Obama gave a major health ...

From JONATHAN COHN, The New Republic,  5 Oct 2008

President Obama, Ignore This Bailout: Why His Agenda Shouldn't Be Compromised By The Government's New Spending

In 1992, Bill Clinton ran for president promising a bevy of expensive spending initiatives: assistance for college tuition, new public works, not to mention a massive universal health insurance plan. "In the absence of increasing investment in this ...

From JONATHAN COHN, The New Republic,  5 Oct 2008

Paul Newman Dead at 83

The first Paul Newman movie I saw was "The Towering Inferno".  At the time, I was a lot more into Steve McQueen than Newman - young boy, action hero, etc. - but then, once the memory of that film faded and Betamax invaded Iran, we began to watch the ...

From JONATHAN COHN, The New Republic,  27 Sep 2008

McCain's New Ad Makes No Sense (Literally)

You must be logged-in to comment. Not a subscriber? Click here to get a digital or print and digital subscription to The New Republic! Hehe.  You gotta hand it to them for taking the punt.   Maybe you guys should make it a rule never to devote any ...

From JONATHAN COHN, The New Republic,  27 Sep 2008

When Pat Buchanan Thinks You've Been Mean...

CNN's Pat Buchanan just suggested John McCain may have come off as "mean." Ouch. That's a little like Bill Kristol accusing somebody of elitism. Oh wait... For the record, Buchanan still thought McCain won the debate. Pundit consensus, and what network ...

From JONATHAN COHN, The New Republic,  26 Sep 2008

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