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individual mandate
30 economists: We need individual mandate
July 18, 2013 – Yesterday, a small group of health policy experts organized by David Cutler, Jon Gruber, and me wrote a simple letter to Congress laying…
Supreme Court upholds individual mandate
June 28, 2012 – We celebrate this decision was a huge win for millions of Americans who have so much at stake. We've said it again and again ... that the…
A family’s health insurance ‘rabbit hole’
April 5, 2012 – Two years from now, when the main pillars of health reform become operative, young families will be able to buy decent coverage through an…
Supreme Court has the power, but not the social authority, to kill health reform
March 30, 2012 – The Court might damage or destroy the centerpiece of the Obama presidency. This would be an abuse of judicial power. It would also hurt…