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Obamacare and its future under a new president
November 4, 2016 – Paul Starr wonders whether the nation can ignore a 'drumbeat of cynicism' and deliver health reform gains under a new…
History (of health carrier greed) repeats itself
October 9, 2016 – You can be certain the companies that are dropping out of several Obamacare markets next year will return if they can get Congress and the…
Aetna or no Aetna, the exchanges need help
August 17, 2016 – The below four strategies could help financially stabilize ACA marketplaces and to improve the human experience of those receiving coverage…
Medicaid patients deserve our care
August 5, 2016 – The Medicaid eligible population deserves our care. Most are employed full-time, some with two to three jobs that do not offer insurance…
A healthcare plan that even Bernie could love?
July 11, 2016 – "[Hillary Clinton's healthcare proposal] is about as close to what I could realistically hope would come out of the Hillary/Bernie primary:…
Should we extend coverage to the undocumented?
March 24, 2016 – The cleanest approach to our insurance market would be to exclude undocumented immigrants, as we have done. There’s only one problem:…
Look who’s talking about healthcare policy
February 26, 2016 – After months of lip service on healthcare, Republican presidential frontrunners unleash a barrage of recycled and nonsensical policy…
GOP candidates and the Faulty Five
January 9, 2016 – President Obama vetoed Obamacare repeal legislation this week, but will happen if on January 20, 2017, the day the next president is…
Millions get by on $2 a day. Can Medicaid help?
September 25, 2015 – In this edition, I'm talking with the University of Michigan’s H. Luke Shaefer, co-author of the important new book, $2.00 a Day: Living…
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…
Cancer trumps ideology in reform debate
September 29, 2013 – She is not a political pawn in the partisan battle. She is a mother of two young children, a wife, a friend, a working and breathing part…
Medicare fraud and for-profit hospitals
June 13, 2013 – Update: Sure enough, HMA CEO Gary Newsome has announced that he will be retiring July 1. Newsome, 55, said in a news release that he is…