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2017

Health Wonk Review for November 30, 2017
November 30, 2017 – If you feel you haven't quite gotten your fill of health policy for the week, head on over to xpostfactoid for the latest edition of… Read more

Four ways states are foiling Obamacare sabotage
November 7, 2017 – While the Trump Administration has been working to thwart the Affordable Care Act quite a few states have been taking action to shore up… Read more

So you’re telling me there’s a chance …
September 18, 2017 – With 13 days to go, I’d say Cassidy-Graham faces an uphill battle. But as we know, American politics sometimes delivers unlikely… Read more

Health Wonk Review for September 14, 2017
September 15, 2017 – Whoops. Did you think that the never-ending battle over Obamacare was finally ... um ... ending? Wrong-o. As Louise Norris hints with the… Read more

‘Bare counties’ just got covered. Here’s why.
August 25, 2017 – As of late August, there are no "bare" counties for 2018 exchange coverage. There are lots of counties with just one insurer, but the ACA… Read more

Health Wonk Review for August 17, 2017
August 18, 2017 – The latest edition of Health Wonk Review is posted over at Health System Ed and I've gotta say I appreciate the theme. (We certainly… Read more

Who really needs the public option? Trump Country.
August 15, 2017 – Trump Country really needs a way to bypass the ACA marketplaces entirely. So Democrats' favorite policy option – the public option –… Read more

Thanks, President Trump, for single-payer.
August 3, 2017 – I have no doubt that if President Trump follows through on his tweeted desire to see Obamacare implode – just to see what happens,… Read more

ACA repeal fails. At last, an end to the stampede?
July 28, 2017 – Like the crush of an elephant herd, the GOP's attack on the ACA was a blind rage that threatened to wipe out anything in its path. And what… Read more

Can the GOP avoid a health premium train wreck?
July 25, 2017 – Republicans – and President Trump – could act right now to reassure the health insurance industry and in doing so stabilize the… Read more

Would your plan cover John McCain’s treatment?
July 25, 2017 – There are more than 12,000 Americans who will be diagnosed with glioblastoma this year. Unfortunately, many of them do not have the level… Read more

Health Wonk Review for July 21, 2017
July 21, 2017 – It's summer, and nothing says summer like a seemingly unending roadtrip with family – a journey always made to seem that much longer and… Read more