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The Scoop: health insurance news – January 27, 2021
January 27, 2021 – In this edition: open enrollment ends Sunday in California, New York, New Jersey, and Washington, DC; Maryland, Massachusetts, New York…
The Scoop: May 6, 2020 Edition
May 6, 2020 – In this edition: COVID-19 SEP in Washington State ends Friday, May 8; Missouri voters likely to see Medicaid expansion question on 2020…
The Scoop: March 4, 2020 Edition
March 4, 2020 – In this edition of The Scoop: New York requires state-regulated health plans to fully cover coronavirus testing; More than 18,000 select…
The Scoop: October 23, 2019 Edition
October 23, 2019 – In this week's edition of The Scoop: Most of the state-run exchanges have enabled window shopping for 2020 plans; Arizona has indefinitely…
The Scoop: October 9, 2019 Edition
October 9, 2019 – In this week's edition of The Scoop: window shopping available in five state-run exchanges, with more coming soon; Colorado has published…
Who really needs the public option? Trump Country.
August 15, 2017 – Trump Country really needs a way to bypass the ACA marketplaces entirely. So Democrats' favorite policy option – the public option –…
A Medicare buy-in Republicans can love
September 23, 2016 – One might assume that Republicans would never go for a Medicare buy-in, as it would expand the ranks of those who get "government-run"…
Seriously: Is the Public Option really an option?
July 12, 2016 – The Public Option doesn’t have a snowball’s chance of being enacted, even at the state level, as long as the insurance industry and its…
A healthcare plan that even Bernie could love?
July 11, 2016 – "[Hillary Clinton's healthcare proposal] is about as close to what I could realistically hope would come out of the Hillary/Bernie primary:…
Minnesota considers a ‘public option on steroids’
April 21, 2016 – If MinnesotaCare really is offered at a Silver-range price to all comers, its effective discount would be so huge that it's hard to…
A more affordable Affordable Care Act?
February 23, 2016 – There is potentially a way that a state could make coverage more affordable for all applicants. That would be to make all options public…
States may sweeten the ACA pot
January 8, 2016 – The 'public option' died in the health reform battle, but two state-run plans point a potential path toward richer coverage at lower…