“By default, we have created a "system" of nursing-home care for the aged in which middle-class people pay exorbitant rates to for-profit nursing-home entrepreneurs - and then when private resources are consumed and the patient qualifies as a pauper, the nursing home begins billing Medicaid. This is precisely the antithesis of social citizenship; instead of the poor being accorded the dignity associated with the middle class, equality of treatment is achieved by making the middle class undergo pauperization.”
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Robert Kuttner
Robert Kuttner (born April 17, 1943) is a prominent American journalist, author, and political commentator. He is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect magazine, focusing on economic inequality, social policy, and democracy. Known for his critique of free-market capitalism and advocacy for social democracy, Kuttner has written influential books such as "The End of Laissez-Faire" and "The Betrayal of the American Dream." His articles appear in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Republic. He has taught at Harvard University and Brandeis University, contributing to public policy research. Kuttner is regarded as a leading voice of American progressivism. more
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