Expert analysis of health reform issues
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…
Has FOX News surrendered on Obamacare?
August 7, 2015 – "The fact that FOX barely mentioned [Obamacare] at all tonight was far more significant than any questions they might have brought up about…
No, Obamacare supporters. The game is not over.
June 25, 2015 – With all of the celebratory headlines about the King v Burwell ruling, the game is far from over. The ACA – which continues to help…
When Silver is worth more than Gold or Platinum
June 12, 2015 – Many Silver plan buyers in 2015 had actuarial values as high as 88% or 94% – higher than most employer-sponsored health…
Financial ruin for millions? #ThanksGOP
June 9, 2015 – #ThanksGOP: A good 13 million or more could face financial chaos and genuine medical danger ... all because a guy at the CATO Institute…
The life-or-death impact of King v. Burwell
June 3, 2015 – "There are people who are going to survive because they have gotten insurance through Obamacare – there are people who will not die…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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'…