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Suicide rates – and how Medicaid can help
April 24, 2016 – Obamacare's Medicaid expansion probably wouldn't dramatically reduce the incidence of suicide in the United States. But it would… Read more
How Obamacare delivered more birth options
March 8, 2016 – Obamacare's coverage of pregnancy as an essential benefit was just the beginning of vastly improved access and expanded choice in… Read more
LGBT gains under ACA are all about equality
December 10, 2015 – If you’re not lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, it might be tough to appreciate just how important the Affordable Care Act is to the… Read more
Why she’s giving thanks for Obamacare
November 23, 2015 – Obamacare offers peace of mind Khallilah Watkins didn’t have before – even when she was covered through an employer plan. Three years… Read more
Making a mountain out of 7 million QHPs
November 8, 2014 – The uninsured slice has dropped by around 26 percent in just the first year of the exchanges/Medicaid expansion being operational. That's… Read more
Erasing the ‘Obama’ from Obamacare
November 7, 2014 – I don't think Republican leaders will lose any sleep because they won't be able to make fundamental changes to the law despite their… Read more
Obamacare: Just what the doctor ordered?
May 13, 2014 – In Part 2 of my conversation with Sabrina Corlette, we talk about whether the Affordable Care Act is improving the health care system. Will… Read more
Health Wonk Review for May 8, 2014
May 11, 2014 – Just a reminder that if you're still looking for some compelling health policy reading this weekend, the latest edition of Health Wonk… Read more
Could Obamacare save 24,000 lives a year?
May 5, 2014 – This back-of-the-envelope calculation implies that ACA will prevent something like 24,000 deaths every year. That’s almost the number of… 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
Reports of ACA demise: greatly exaggerated
April 8, 2014 – For this edition of Curbside Consult, I Skyped with Dr. Jonathan Gruber, who is the Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts… Read more
Two steps forward, one step back
January 30, 2014 – ACA is the most beneficial disability policy advance in decades, but not everyone will be helped. Nor will everyone be helped in the ways… Read more