Thanks to sustained pressure from the grassroots labor movement, Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation for a livable minimum wage.
Even without congressional or judicial actions, the White House and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price have many tools to significantly reshape the ACA.
William J. Astore, a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF), is a TomDispatch regular. He has taught at the Air Force Academy and the Naval Postgraduate School, and now teaches history at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. Email him: [email protected]
