Worth Reading: McSurance, Dialysis, and the EPA's 40th Birthday

A few of the recent pieces I've liked:

Robin Fields at ProPublica: In Dialysis, Life-Saving Care at Great Risk and Cost

Timothy Noah at Slate: McSurance on Trial: A Senate committee puts the spotlight on the crap health insurance given fast-food workers

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson in the WSJ: The EPA Turns 40

Kristen Lombardi and John Solomon at The Center for Public Integrity: Big Polluters Freed From Environmental Oversight by Stimulus

Jonathan Chait in The New Republic: How Chipotle is Like the Federal Government

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