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‘Going bare’: risky, irresponsible suggestion photo

‘Going bare’: risky, irresponsible suggestion

August 3, 2013 – Conservative organizations are mounting a cynical campaign to undermine the Affordable Care Act by encouraging young healthy adults to "go…

Obamacare and the disability community photo

Obamacare and the disability community

June 19, 2013 – Sam Bagenstos, one of the nation's leading experts on disability law, talks with Harold Pollack about the Americans with Disabilities Act…

The ACA and mental health coverage photo

The ACA and mental health coverage

May 17, 2013 – Perhaps the most under-covered aspect of health reform is its dramatic expansion of coverage for the treatment of psychiatric and substance…

Can we spend less AND improve quality? photo

Can we spend less AND improve quality?

March 11, 2013 – Harold Pollack continues his series of interviews with health policy experts, talking this month with Michael Chernew, Professor of Health…

How I became a health policy wonk, my favorite policy charts, and what’s ahead for health reform photo

How I became a health policy wonk, my favorite policy charts, and what’s ahead for health reform

January 11, 2013 – Harold Pollack talks with blogger Aaron Carroll about how he became a policy wonk, about his favorite health policy charts and the road…

Forbes blogger, Romney surrogate,  launches 11th-hour assault on Obamacare photo

Forbes blogger, Romney surrogate, launches 11th-hour assault on Obamacare

November 1, 2012 – Blogger Avik Roy, a Romney campaign advisor, has released a last-minute - and misleading - flurry of posts purporting to demonstrate the…

“A clear choice on election day” photo

“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…

Mitt myths about ER care and the uninsured photo

Mitt myths about ER care and the uninsured

September 27, 2012 – Conservatives have claimed for years that emergency care provides a suitable safety net for people who cannot or do not obtain health…

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 photo

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…

‘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…

Paul Ryan is a clarifying choice

August 12, 2012 – Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate brings into focus Romney's willingness to weaken the government’s core…