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2014
Removing the heart of Obamacare
November 14, 2014 – Larry Levitt and Harold Pollack speculate about 'surgeries' the ACA might face as Republicans scheme to remove Obamacare's vital…
Is Obamacare’s greatest challenge its namesake?
November 13, 2014 – I think many people underestimated how partisan and ideological this would end up being. The President's a divisive figure and the law has…
Over 7 million customers served
November 11, 2014 – Focusing on the fact that natural and expected attrition has reduced to around 7 million the number of individuals who have gained…
Why exchange website users aren’t ‘bailing’
November 11, 2014 – We shouldn’t be surprised by the finding that half of the survey respondents aren’t planning to go back to the exchange during the 2015…
Making a mountain out of 7 million QHPs
November 8, 2014 – The uninsured slice has dropped by around 26 percent in just the first year of the exchanges/Medicaid expansion being operational. That's…
The ‘good old days’ before Obamacare
October 25, 2014 – We Americans have short-term memory when it comes to health care. Either that or far too many of us have bought – hook, line and sinker…
ACA critics play the ‘rating game’ but it isn’t working
October 22, 2014 – Last spring, when it was obvious that Obamacare was meeting its enrollment targets for the first year, opponents of the law needed some new…
Don’t let $418 million of FUD fool you
October 16, 2014 – I should have realized that those who are opposed to the law out of economic self-interest or for political reasons would continue to spend…
Protecting our ‘young invincibles’
October 1, 2014 – During these transitional times we always return to the reality that because of the ACA our daughter cannot be denied insurance coverage;…
Stay calm and find another MNsure plan
September 18, 2014 – When the dust settled on the screeching headlines … of impending MNSure doom … the reality was "thank goodness there's an exchange and…
‘Transcending Obamacare’ (Part 3 of 3)
September 10, 2014 – In our final interview segment, Avik Roy and Harold Pollack focus heavily on coverage for low-income Americans and how we should and could…
‘Transcending Obamacare’ (Part 2 of 3)
September 8, 2014 – In Part 2 of my Curbside Consult interview with Avik Roy, our discussion is focused largely on his proposal's goal of controlling health…