Archive - The Breakdown of The Bulwark

‘Frustrating and Demoralizing’: The Measles Comeback Gets Worse

The disease is exploding in South Carolina, we’re about to lose elimination status, and RFK Jr.’s team says it’s just the “cost of doing business.”

Feb 1 • Jonathan Cohn

January 2026

This Is the Vaccine Story RFK Jr. Doesn’t Want You to Hear

The Trump administration says we should learn from other countries. Maybe they should have looked someplace besides Denmark.

Jan 26 • Jonathan Cohn

Michelle Obama Will Be Accepting Your Apologies Now

Evidently now it’s okay to push for healthy eating, so long as you are RFK Jr. and you bring the beef tallow.

Jan 21 • Jonathan Cohn

Trump’s ‘Great Healthcare Plan’ Is Not Great. It’s Not Even a Plan.

And this is not what it looks like when you’re serious about lawmaking.

Jan 18 • Jonathan Cohn

Trump Takes Another Blowtorch to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service

Potentially $2b was just cut from a key HHS agency despite bipartisan support for its work.

Jan 14 • Jonathan Cohn

How Somalis Became the New ‘Welfare Queens’

Trump has reinvented Reagan’s old attack, with one key twist.

Jan 14 • Jonathan Cohn

Turns Out the Obamacare Subsidy Extension Was Only Mostly Dead

Last week’s House vote sets up a big fight in the Senate over relief for millions.

Jan 11 • Jonathan Cohn

The Real Story Behind the Minnesota Welfare Fraud Scandal

You don’t have to buy the MAGA narrative to worry about how government failed here.

Jan 7 • Jonathan Cohn

December 2025

Mark Cuban Tells Us How He Can Fix America’s Shitty Health Care

The entrepreneur wants to do what many in his position have tried and failed to accomplish.

Dec 31, 2025 • Jonathan Cohn

RFK Jr.’s New Infatuation With a Danish Model

How MAGA fell in love with a tiny, socialist Scandinavian nation—as long as it’s just about vaccine recommendations.

Dec 24, 2025 • Jonathan Cohn

Trump’s Assault on Health Care, Seen From a Country That Does Health Care Better

Japan is a showcase for universal health care, and what we’re losing in GOP attacks on the Affordable Care Act.

Dec 21, 2025 • Jonathan Cohn

It’s Still Not Too Late to Do Something About Those Obamacare Premiums

People are already seeing price spikes—and many will have to give up health insurance. But Congress could enact a retroactive fix.

Dec 16, 2025 • Jonathan Cohn

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