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June, 2013
100 days until ACA enrollment starts
June 22, 2013 – Sunday, June 23, marks 100 days until the first day that people will be able to enroll in an affordable health insurance plan through the…
Obamacare and the disability community
June 19, 2013 – Sam Bagenstos, one of the nation's leading experts on disability law, talks with Harold Pollack about the Americans with Disabilities Act…
“It’s not health insurance. It’s bankruptcy insurance.”
June 17, 2013 – I was approaching 60 years of age; I had exhausted my savings to pay for a private health insurance policy that was no longer financially…
Medicare fraud and for-profit hospitals
June 13, 2013 – Update: Sure enough, HMA CEO Gary Newsome has announced that he will be retiring July 1. Newsome, 55, said in a news release that he is…
Cost and coverage of the Affordable Care Act
June 4, 2013 – The video here is of my comments at the Center for Health Administration Studies' 50th Anniversary celebration. It covers why I am so proud…