The Hoax Is Him
The Hoax Is Him Even banners at Trump rallies stretch the truth Dan Rather and Team Steady Dec 12 Credit: Getty Images We recently heard a heartbreaking story from a friend we’ve known for quite a while. Jane (not her real name) is deeply worried. She’d just received notice that her health care premiums will increase next year from $65 a month to more than $900. Jane is in her mid-30s, self-employed, and has relied on the Obamacare subsidies to make her health insurance affordable. An $835 a month increase might as well be a million. “Guess I won’t have coverage this year,” she laughed nervously. But Jane wasn’t laughing out of mirth as much as she was out of fear. As a single mother with two young children, she can’t afford to pay these higher premiums and can’t afford to get sick. It would break her. This is what it’s come to in Donald Trump’s America. Partisan politics has rarely been this destructive or painful. And for so many Americans, it’s a feeling of helplessn...