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The Scoop: July 15, 2020 Edition
July 15, 2020 – In this edition: COVID-19 SEPs for Maryland, New York end today; Georgia delays reinsurance program until 2022, submits modified proposal…
Who’s bearing the brunt of rate increases?
October 14, 2016 – While headlines about huge rate increases and carrier exits have been everywhere over the last few months, they only apply to the 7 percent…
Burying great Obamacare headlines
September 14, 2016 – Too bad the news that 700,000 people got health insurance happened to hit on a day where a more important economic story broke: "Wrigley…
How close can we get to zero percent uninsured?
February 7, 2016 – Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both want to bring the nation closer to 100 percent health coverage? Here are some proposals for…
Debunking the Cruz health coverage ‘crisis’
January 22, 2016 – No, Sen. Cruz, 50 percent rate hikes are most certainly not happening "all over the…
Prediction: QHP enrollment will swell by 25 percent
October 15, 2015 – Before I go any further, let me say this flat out: No. Actual exchange enrollments in 2016 are not going to reach the CBO's 21 million…
The life-or-death impact of King v. Burwell
June 3, 2015 – "There are people who are going to survive because they have gotten insurance through Obamacare – there are people who will not die…
Open enrollment’s ‘missing persons’
January 20, 2015 – Last spring I was shouting from the rooftops about off-exchange QHP enrollments at a time when most reporters (and especially ACA…
The ‘good old days’ before Obamacare
October 25, 2014 – We Americans have short-term memory when it comes to health care. Either that or far too many of us have bought – hook, line and sinker…
Fixing Obamacare’s broken window
April 17, 2014 – Spreading out open enrollment would allow carriers and exchanges to maintain level staffing throughout the year, and would result in better…
Flushing away $10,000 to ‘just say No’
March 27, 2014 – "The vast majority of our clients are thrilled to find out they qualify for subsidies. But to some people, the premium tax credits feel…
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…