Health premiums after Obamacare? They’re lower.
July 29, 2016 – Today, even as news about big premium increases for 2017 raises concerns about the Affordable Care Act’s long-term health, an analysis… Read more
Under the radar: still too many underinsured in U.S.
May 22, 2015 – The Affordable Care Act has taken a big bite out of the ranks of the uninsured. But the underlying cost of healthcare in the United States… Read more
How subsidy-eligible enrollees got ‘false negatives’
February 2, 2015 – By now it's clear that many who are eligible either for subsidized private coverage or Medicaid under the ACA don't know that they're… Read more
Removing the heart of Obamacare
November 14, 2014 – Larry Levitt and Harold Pollack speculate about 'surgeries' the ACA might face as Republicans scheme to remove Obamacare's vital… Read more
Is Obamacare’s greatest challenge its namesake?
November 13, 2014 – I think many people underestimated how partisan and ideological this would end up being. The President's a divisive figure and the law has… Read more
Why exchange website users aren’t ‘bailing’
November 11, 2014 – We shouldn’t be surprised by the finding that half of the survey respondents aren’t planning to go back to the exchange during the 2015… Read more
ACA critics play the ‘rating game’ but it isn’t working
October 22, 2014 – Last spring, when it was obvious that Obamacare was meeting its enrollment targets for the first year, opponents of the law needed some new… Read more
Don’t let $418 million of FUD fool you
October 16, 2014 – I should have realized that those who are opposed to the law out of economic self-interest or for political reasons would continue to spend… Read more
The dental crisis that’s driving patients away
April 15, 2014 – When increasing numbers of Americans cross the Mexican border to see a dentist ... you know we've got a growing health care crisis on our… Read more
ACA: threat to employer-sponsored plans?
February 27, 2014 – If you are among the 60 percent of Americans who have health insurance coverage through your workplace, you may be worried about how… Read more
2014: A very good year for health coverage
December 31, 2013 – Many of the newly insured are among the millions who have been unable to afford coverage in the past or have not been able to buy it at any… Read more
Obamacare’s health insurance subsidies:
December 13, 2012 – Beginning in 2014, millions of Americans will discover that they qualify for subsidies designed to help them purchase their own health… Read more