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‘Transcending Obamacare’
September 6, 2014 – Given their differences, you might be surprised that Avik Roy and Harold had a civil conversation about Roy's new "universal exchange"…
Can Obamacare work even better?
April 9, 2014 – I think the average American voter is actually a charitable person, a big-hearted person. I don't think it's that the voters in Florida…
Is health care headed for the ‘fiscal cliff?’
December 3, 2012 – It's hard not to think about the movie "Thelma and Louise" with all the dire predictions about the coming"fiscal cliff." House Speaker…
Why Obama succeeded and Clinton failed
November 27, 2012 – Health policy historian Paul Starr, author of Remedy and Reaction, explains why Barack Obama succeeded on health reform while Bill Clinton…
Future of reform may turn on Senate races
November 4, 2012 – Even if Mitt Romney were elected, he alone could not overturn major provisions of healthcare reform. Only Congress can pass the legislation…
Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up?
October 18, 2012 – The trouble with these "changes of mind" is that they occur with dizzying frequency. Not more than a few months ago, he said he supported…
“A clear choice on election day”
October 3, 2012 – Boston University health economist and researcher Austin Frakt discusses the implications of the November elections with Harold Pollack in…
GOP duo’s fuzzy math catches up to them
September 10, 2012 – "For 30 years, Republicans have been getting away, politically, with providing fuzzy numbers about so many things. The Romney campaign has…
We’re better off for Obama’s health reform
September 6, 2012 – Harold Pollack: Clinton delivered the best speech of the 2012 campaign. "No one in American politics can rival Clinton's ability to weave…
Makers, takers, and health reform
September 3, 2012 – Romney running mate Paul Ryan's speech last week criticized President Obama for enacting "a new entitlement we didn't even ask for." But…
‘It’s a floor wax. No, it’s a dessert topping.’
August 31, 2012 – Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are peddling a magical Medicare concoction that's appetizing to seniors – promised protection from $716 in…
Convention’s pants on fire over Obamacare
August 30, 2012 – Perhaps conventions are not where you expect truth to be told. But should they at least be places where lies are not so…