Expert analysis of health reform issues
Should health reform be a carrot or a stick?
May 19, 2011 – Instead of mandating coverage on the front end, the states favor penalizing the uninsured on the back end – punishing those who… Read more
Vermont moves toward single-payer
May 12, 2011 – Vermont is a signature away from adopting an ambitious plan that would put the state on a path toward a single-payer system and ultimately,… Read more
Kill health reform? not on their lives. (pt. 3)
May 7, 2011 – The health reform law is making consumers without coverage or poor coverage more likely to seek preventive care and, thus more likely to… Read more
State health insurance exchanges
May 3, 2011 – This vote is yet another act of political theater from legislators who promise to give states more control, then pass legislation that puts… Read more
Kill health reform? Not on their lives. (pt. 2)
May 2, 2011 – Jennifer, a 33-year-old college student, struggles with mental illness. It's been an ongoing battle for Jennifer, who's founder of a… Read more
Kill health reform? Not on their lives. (pt. 1)
April 30, 2011 – There's been a lot of controversy over whether the health reform law was worth the struggle and whether it should ultimately be repealed,… Read more
GOP memo: Don’t improve ACA too much
February 16, 2011 – After months of assuring Americans that they don’t hate everything about the recently passed Affordable Care Act – and that there’s… Read more
Health reform isn’t down for the count
February 1, 2011 – There’s no question in our mind that the constitutionality issue is headed for the Supreme Court. A definitive decision from that court… Read more
Repeal effort flies in the face of evidence
January 19, 2011 – From the beginning of this debate, Democrats have advanced a multitude of consumer-focused solutions to our national health care crisis.… Read more
Are high-risk insurance pools the answer?
January 3, 2011 – Some Republicans are promising that government funding will make the problematic high-risk pools a viable long-term answer to pre-existing… Read more
2011 and the future of health reform
December 31, 2010 – It's hard to feel good about the way Congress finally passed those provisions into law. We're as disheartened about the way Congress… Read more
62% of bankruptcies from medical bills?
March 11, 2010 – As politicians go round and round talking about how health reform legislation will increase or decrease the deficit, or how a win on this… Read more