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2013
Millions qualify for ‘free health insurance’
November 5, 2013 – If you're uninsured – or buy your insurance in the individual market – and live in one of seven states, chances are greater than 1 in 3…
Is the Media eager to declare ‘disaster?’
November 1, 2013 – Nineteen days into the five-month enrollment period, 500,000 Americans had filed applications to buy insurance, and more than half lived in…
Red state pain won’t be limited to poor
October 30, 2013 – Not only will the states end up paying billions of dollars in uncompensated care for residents who remain uninsured, but private health…
Is Obamacare a ‘bonanza’ for carriers?
October 21, 2013 – “Wall Street is beginning to figure out that under Obamacare, for-profit insurers are not going to make out like bandits. Investors who…
Seeing red over ACA obstruction
October 19, 2013 – One of the great ironies of the implementation of the ACA is that the states where the law is most needed also tend to be the states…
The elephant in the room
October 17, 2013 – "People like (Marsha) Blackburn are far more interested in making sure that the powerful special interests – the ones who have easy…
Finally: an escape from lifetime maximums
October 16, 2013 – Nathan Wilkes is a Colorado father who came face-to-face with the realities of lifetime maximum benefits on health insurance policies…
The promise of health insurance exchanges
October 11, 2013 – “Even before ACA’s enactment, I felt that health insurance exchanges have the potential – this may be just a dream – to realize…
Health reform haters gone wild
October 10, 2013 – There's really something about the opposition – for the reasons you described and from the standpoint of sheer governance, the way in…
The dismal politics of Obamacare
October 9, 2013 – I think different Republicans hold a full range of motivations with respect to the health care law. Some oppose the Affordable Care Act out…
The state of the state marketplaces
October 9, 2013 – The high initial traffic numbers are indicative of a program that will be successful overall. Given the propensity to procrastinate when…
‘We’re all in this together.’
October 5, 2013 – ... there is no way around the fact that our coverage is going to be significantly more expensive once our plan renews in 2014. And yet we…