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2012
Obamacare’s health insurance subsidies:
December 13, 2012 – Beginning in 2014, millions of Americans will discover that they qualify for subsidies designed to help them purchase their own health…
Obama wins Round One of budget standoff
December 7, 2012 – Now, the president will have to decide where he is willing to compromise on cutting government spending. There are, in fact, places where…
Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion
December 3, 2012 – The governors and the president needs the other. Each side has a (possibly perverse) stake in the other’s success. Each would also be…
Is health care headed for the ‘fiscal cliff?’
December 3, 2012 – It's hard not to think about the movie "Thelma and Louise" with all the dire predictions about the coming"fiscal cliff." House Speaker…
Can businesses really NOT afford ACA?
December 1, 2012 – U.S. workers may think ACA-mandated health benefits from their employers are "priceless," but some business owners believe employees and…
Why Obama succeeded and Clinton failed
November 27, 2012 – Health policy historian Paul Starr, author of Remedy and Reaction, explains why Barack Obama succeeded on health reform while Bill Clinton…
Why there is no “Next Big Idea” for reform
November 19, 2012 – Bottom line: The President doesn't need to come up with new ideas. He just has to stand firm on implementing what we…
Romneycare, Obamacare, and beyond
November 5, 2012 – Gruber was an architect of both Massachusetts' health reform effort aka Romneycare and also consulted extensively with the Obama…
Future of reform may turn on Senate races
November 4, 2012 – Even if Mitt Romney were elected, he alone could not overturn major provisions of healthcare reform. Only Congress can pass the legislation…
Obamacare: six truths that matter to women
October 31, 2012 – Extreme statements of a few Senate candidates have brought the abortion issue center-stage in this electoral campaign. Abortion certainly…
Fears of crowded doctors’ offices wrong
October 22, 2012 – In 2014, 12 million Americans will begin purchasing health insurance in the new marketplaces known as “exchanges.” Some are now…
Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up?
October 18, 2012 – The trouble with these "changes of mind" is that they occur with dizzying frequency. Not more than a few months ago, he said he supported…