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May, 2015
Health Wonk Review for May 21, 2015
May 23, 2015 – It must be the upcoming Memorial Day holiday because this week's edition of Health Wonk Review seems a tad shorter than usual. Under a… Read more
Under the radar: still too many underinsured in U.S.
May 22, 2015 – The Affordable Care Act has taken a big bite out of the ranks of the uninsured. But the underlying cost of healthcare in the United States… Read more
Luis Lang wants to be Obamacare’s ‘poster child’
May 22, 2015 – Luis Lang has been working the phones to secure a spot on national television so he can help others like him who may be missing out on… Read more
Four stories more deserving than Luis Lang’s?
May 21, 2015 – These are just a few of the 110,000 GoFundMe pages that have been created to help people who are in dire straits at the intersection of… Read more
Letting the air out of rate-increase hysteria
May 19, 2015 – The 2016 rate-increase hysteria has already started. Before you freak out, here are four things to remember about premium-hike… Read more
Wriggling out of a post-King crisis
May 18, 2015 – If a SCOTUS ruling for the plaintiffs deep-sixes subsidies, could Congressional Republicans manage a 'Houdini-like'… Read more
A conversation with crowdfunder Luis Lang
May 16, 2015 – Below is a transcript of my phone conversation with Luis Lang, a Republican South Carolinian who established a GoFundMe appeal to help with… Read more
Obamacare supporters’ compassionate response
May 13, 2015 – Luis Lang is not the only conservative who needs serious help. Millions of low-income, sick, or injured Americans are uninsured or going… Read more