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health insurance marketplace
‘I don’t need health insurance!’
March 24, 2014 – “… And if you’re thinking “well, that would never happen to me …” consider all of the other ways that you could wake up…
Cruel irony: millions too poor for Medicaid
March 20, 2014 – In states that have not expanded Medicaid, the people who most desperately need help paying for health insurance – those with the lowest…
Colorado: ‘battening down the hatches’
March 19, 2014 – Six of the country's most successful state-run exchanges have overcome technological hurdles, dealt with massive volume, created innovative…
Enrollment: ‘Beating the clock’ isn’t enough
March 17, 2014 – With just two weeks remaining before the window slams shut on the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period, unquestionably, the best…
Shhh! The ‘secret’ that slashes health costs
March 16, 2014 – Lost in a lot of the political rhetoric is a simple fact about being covered: When you have health insurance, you save money every time you…
ACA’s surprisingly successful exchanges
March 12, 2014 – If North Carolina were pulling up the enrollment rear, it probably wouldn't surprise anyone. The state has a Republican Governor and…
Bringing profound change by bus, yet again
March 2, 2014 – Most of the folks we met on the tour were unaware that nearly 6 in 10 people who don’t have health coverage and are eligible for coverage…
Small-screen coverage misses big picture
February 25, 2014 – One recent nationally televised news report offers a perfect illustration of media coverage that is giving viewers at best an incomplete…
A health disaster waiting to happen
February 5, 2014 – Obamacare has offered solid footing to millions whose 'junk policies' were a disaster waiting to happen – offering the kind of coverage…
Looking for the down side?
January 19, 2014 – Despite the Journal’s headline, important progress is being made. Millions of people who previously were uninsured because they…
Just how bad are junk health policies?
January 10, 2014 – In the pre-2014 individual health insurance market, the plan options ran the gamut from great to horrible. How could such worthless…
Obamacare’s ‘victims’
January 2, 2014 – When ‘victims’ step forward, reporters need to investigate these claims. If newspaper editors and television producers are willing to…