Expert analysis of health reform issues
The kegger celebrating an attack on our healthcare
May 4, 2019 – Two years ago, House Republicans passed their bill (called AHCA) to gut the Affordable Care Act, and then held a kegger to celebrate.I…
This battle to protect Americans with pre-existing conditions is personal
March 28, 2019 – Peter Morley's own chronic health issues (10+ and counting) inspired him to share the stories of other Americans with pre-existing…
Not even the slightest pretense:
March 26, 2019 – Since last night, my Twitter feed has been blowing up with people freaking out over the latest attack on justice, the rule of law and…
Why I fight to save Obamacare
February 28, 2019 – Eight years ago, the Affordable Care Act helped save Mina Schultz's life. Now, she's trying to return the…
Will your state waive goodbye to ACA’s protections?
December 7, 2018 – The Trump administration's new rules for state 'innovation waivers' invite states to subsidize non-compliant insurance and radically alter…
Yes. Not having health insurance can kill you.
November 3, 2018 – The current ongoing line of false reassurances has to do with health coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. Many Republicans are…
The assault on pre-existing conditions is the least of it
September 10, 2018 – The debate over protection for people with pre-existing conditions has become a proxy war for what matters most on the healthcare front in…
What’s the real price of Obamacare sabotage?
August 23, 2018 – The GOP is pooh poohing the effects of their Affordable Care Act sabotage by pointing to smaller premium increases for 2019. Democrats…
The problem with association health plans
June 1, 2018 – President Trump says deregulation of association health plans will deliver "tremendous insurance at a very low cost." So why do policy…
One way to ease ACA rate hikes? Fix the rebate formula.
April 25, 2018 – Want to help unsubsidized Affordable Care Act enrollees with premiums? Repair a glitch in the ACA's medical loss ratio…
Guaranteeing affordable health coverage for all
March 8, 2018 – Across the country, premiums keep rising as a result of repeated attempts to sabotage our health care system. Instead of re-hashing old,…
Medicare for (almost) all, brought to Earth
February 23, 2018 – There's not much for beneficiaries of such a system not to like. Medicare Extra promises all-but-universal access to virtually all…