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2016
Why high deductibles don’t work
April 12, 2016 – Ultimately, high-deductibles handicap patients' and providers' ability to work together to effectively manage patients' health, prevent…
Should we extend coverage to the undocumented?
March 24, 2016 – The cleanest approach to our insurance market would be to exclude undocumented immigrants, as we have done. There’s only one problem:…
Moonshot only the latest of Obama cancer missions
March 23, 2016 – Long before the Obama administration's pledge to eliminate cancer, Obamacare began targeting obstacles to cancer coverage and treatment.…
How Obamacare delivered more birth options
March 8, 2016 – Obamacare's coverage of pregnancy as an essential benefit was just the beginning of vastly improved access and expanded choice in…
No. Obamacare isn’t killing the insurance industry.
March 1, 2016 – As health carriers blame losses on Obamacare, their stocks gains continue to be 'yuge,' thanks to one great customer: Uncle…
Holes in the National Safety Net
February 27, 2016 – The following guest post is from Karan Chhabra, a medical student at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and winner of the $2,500…
Look who’s talking about healthcare policy
February 26, 2016 – After months of lip service on healthcare, Republican presidential frontrunners unleash a barrage of recycled and nonsensical policy…
A more affordable Affordable Care Act?
February 23, 2016 – There is potentially a way that a state could make coverage more affordable for all applicants. That would be to make all options public…
The inevitable expansion of the Medicaid expansion
February 10, 2016 – States continue to realize the impact of Medicaid – and incentives to expand. Here's what's happening in states that aren't yet on board.…
How close can we get to zero percent uninsured?
February 7, 2016 – Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both want to bring the nation closer to 100 percent health coverage? Here are some proposals for…
Ted Cruz and the Case of the Vanishing Health Plan
January 23, 2016 – Turns out Sen. Ted Cruz and his family were never without coverage. His campaign has cleared up a few questions for us. Mind if we ask a…
Single Payer and Rip Van Winkle
January 22, 2016 – Senator Sanders has done everyone a service by bringing the Single Payer discussion back into the national debate. If support for Single…