Michael Hiltzik

More hot water? Mylan's U.S. headquarters in Canonsburg, Pa., outside of Pittsburgh.

A price-fixing noose tightens around Mylan, the company that profiteered from the Epipen

May 23, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

Things are getting tough for Mylan, the generic drug maker that long has been one of our less creditable corporations. Since December, the company has been in the crosshairs of...

The Healthcare.gov website warns that open enrollment ends early this year, on Dec. 15. But the Trump administration cut advertising that would inform customers of the change more widely.

On eve of Obamacare open enrollment, more evidence of impact of Trump’s sabotage

May 23, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

Several important conclusions emerge from the latest statistics about Affordable Care Act premiums, issued Monday on the eve of open enrollment for 2018 plans, which begins Wednesday. First, gross premiums...

Who's in charge here? President Trump receives a New England Patriots jersey from Patriots owner Robert Kraft, right, and head coach Bill Belichick during a White House ceremony in April.

Colin Kaepernick blames Trump for NFL collusion against him — and he could be right

May 23, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

While football fans and labor experts ponder whether Colin Kaepernick found a smoking gun to bolster his collusion case against the National Football League, the still-unemployed quarterback is pointing to...

Jeff Immelt, who served as GE's chairman from 2001 until retiring earlier this month, is seen during a 2009 presentation.

Lawsuit alleging General Electric ripped off its workers shows the pitfalls of 401(k) plans

May 23, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

Can your employer be trusted to manage your retirement fund exclusively for your own benefit? That's the question raised by a lawsuit recently brought against General Electric Co., stating that...

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in January, when he was still wearing the uniform of the San Francisco 49ers.

Colin Kaepernick certainly seems to be the victim of collusion. But can he prove it?

May 23, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

By any reasonable metric of professional sports, the failure of any of the 32 National Football League teams to employ quarterback Colin Kaepernick is either an indication of mass stupidity...

Nothing to congratulate yourself about, Mr. President: Donald Trump arrives at the 2017 Value Voters Summit on Friday in Washington, D.C.

Trump reneges on Obamacare payments, portending turmoil for consumers and taxpayers

May 23, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

President Trump late Thursday pulled the trigger on one of his long-standing threats against the Affordable Care Act, announcing that he would immediately end federal payments to insurers to cover...

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah): Shouldn't he be speaking up more loudly for a children's health program he helped to launch?

11 days and counting: Why hasn’t Congress renewed health insurance program for 9 million children?

May 23, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

We know that Congress is just unimaginably busy right now, so perhaps it's understandable that 11 days after funding for a crucial children's healthcare program expired, the lawmakers still haven't...

Bad news: Your 401(k) won’t give you a decent retirement

May 23, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

For nearly 40 years now, we've been hearing that 401(k) plans are the key to a comfortable retirement. By giving a tax break to workers contributing part of their paychecks...

Still under threat: The home page of healthcare.gov, the federal individual insurance exchange. A new President Trump initiative would undercut the Affordable Care Act's consumer protections.

Trump plots another backdoor effort to gut Obamacare’s consumer protections

May 23, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

Still smarting from congressional Republicans' abject failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act by legislative means, President Trump now reportedly is plotting a backdoor attack aimed at gutting the act's...

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady introduces the GOP's tax-cut "framework" on Sept. 27, flanked by House Speaker Paul Ryan, left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The ‘pass-through’ loophole in the Trump tax plan is a huge handout to the 1%

May 23, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

One nauseating chore that comes up whenever congressional Republicans propose a tax cut is hunting down all the tax breaks for the wealthy concealed in its thickets. The big one...

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