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2015
Is CarsonCare really ‘out of the box’?
October 28, 2015 – If President Carson would somehow be able to persuade Congress – even a GOP-controlled Congress – to go along with his HSA-for-all…
Pre-existing conditions? ‘No such thing’
October 23, 2015 – Patrick Carr went an awfully long time without health insurance. For someone living with two chronic health conditions — asthma and high…
Prediction: QHP enrollment will swell by 25 percent
October 15, 2015 – Before I go any further, let me say this flat out: No. Actual exchange enrollments in 2016 are not going to reach the CBO's 21 million…
How health policy should hijack tonight’s debate
October 13, 2015 – In my role as self-appointed moderator of tonight's Democratic presidential debate, I and a few of my friends have some questions about my…
When ACA’s Silver beats employer-sponsored plans
October 7, 2015 – Most holders of Silver plans purchased in the ACA's marketplaces have more comprehensive overall coverage than most people with…
The ‘casino effect’ on your health insurance rates
October 6, 2015 – There are several reasons for the wide variation in 2016 individual health insurance rates across the country, but there is one thing that…
Millions get by on $2 a day. Can Medicaid help?
September 25, 2015 – In this edition, I'm talking with the University of Michigan’s H. Luke Shaefer, co-author of the important new book, $2.00 a Day: Living…
So many coverage options, so much ACA hate
September 15, 2015 – Just how much would the 2016 GOP clown car have to pay if they "had" to enroll in an ACA-compliant, private individual policy, instead of…
What’s Leon Panetta going to do about Blue Shield?
September 14, 2015 – When former defense secretary Leon Panetta joined the board of directors of Blue Shield of California, he explained: “I have chosen to…
WalkerCare gives women reasons to worry again
August 23, 2015 – The “open market” Walker would establish would be the kind of health insurance market that existed before Obamacare. There would be no…
Why pre-existing conditions mattered … to millions
August 19, 2015 – If GOP lawmakers were able to repeal Obamacare, their constituents ... the people who voted them into office ... would be among the biggest…
Is Obamacare’s ‘Bronze trap’ widening?
August 12, 2015 – Jed Graham says the ACA's tax penalty for remaining uninsured will force low-income Americans into high-deductible Bronze plans that will…