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Our coverage and analysis of health reform and is routinely cited by the media tracking provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

Louise Norris, who anchors our coverage of ACA’s health insurance marketplace has received glowing praise for her updates. (In June 2017, Norris was invited to participate in a public radio panel of healthcare thought leaders at WNYC to help reporters and producers understand how to best cover and understand the Affordable Care Act by looking what’s happening at the state level.)

Here’s a look at recent coverage that has referenced healthinsurance.org efforts to track and analyze health reform.

March media mentions

• When it comes to the evidence, ObamaCare’s proponents don’t have a leg to stand on – The Hill | March 29, 2018
• State Regulation of Coverage Options Outside of the Affordable Care Act: Limiting the Risk to the Individual Market – Commonwealth Fund | March 2018
• Do states regret expanding Medicaid? – Brookings | March 26, 2018
• Trump ended key Obamacare payments. But bringing them back could do more harm than good. – Vox | March 21, 2018
• How to provide relief from ObamaCare while Congress dithers – The Hill | March 21, 2018
• A quibble on Alexander-Collins – Balloon Juice | March 21, 2018
• Brightpoint and HRHCare to merge – POLITICO New York Health Care | March 12, 2018
• What We’re Reading – POLITICO Pulse | March 9, 2018
• Wisconsin plans to drug test Medicaid recipients. Here’s why it’ll be a disaster. – ThinkProgress | March 7, 2018
• Trump’s hidden war on Medicaid – Vox | March 5, 2018

February media mentions

• Finally, a universal healthcare proposal that would work for everyone – Los Angeles Times | February 27, 2018
• Trump on Health Insurance Costs – FactCheck.org | February 27, 2018
• The Plum Line: Happy Hour Roundup – The Washington Post | February 23, 2018
• Quote of the Day: Next Time, Health Care Reform Will Be a Real War – Mother Jones | February 23, 2018
• There’s almost no financial reason to ever decline a raise – Yahoo Finance | February 13, 2018
• Trump Is Coming for Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA – Lifehacker | February 12, 2018
• What happens when the GOP’s war on welfare comes for Medicaid – ThinkProgress | February 5, 2018

January media mentions

• As Trump Attacks The Federal Health Law, Some States Try To Shore It Up – Stateline | January 26, 2018
• Minnesota Insurance Enrollment Broke State Record – North Star Policy Institute | January 26, 2018
• Oregon voters — not lawmakers — to decide how to pay for Medicaid – ThinkProgress | January 23, 2018
• Trump’s Medicaid Work rules Are Latest Attempt to Demonize Poor – Village Voice | January 19, 2018
• 91K enrolled in Montana Medicaid expansion, panel told – Great Falls Tribune | January 18, 2018

December media mentions

• Here’s How Affordable Care Act Marketplaces Are Shaping Up Under Trump’s Watch – Bloomberg | December 15, 2017
• It’s the Last Day to Sign Up for Health Insurance in These States – Tonic | December 15, 2017
• Friday is deadline in Colorado to buy health insurance that starts Jan. 1 – Denver Post | December 14, 2017
• Major changes to 1332 waivers could be coming – Softheon | December 14, 2017
• There’s Not Much Time Left To Get Obamacare For 2018 – Huffington Post | December 13, 2017
• Obamacare Made It Much Easier For Women to Access Health Care – Vice Impact | December 13, 2017
• Why This Is Obamacare’s Do-Or-Die Week – Talking Points Memo | December 12, 2017
• 14 last-minute tips for enrollees in the Obamacare marketplace – Yahoo Finance | December 8, 2017
• Self-Employed and Need Health Insurance? Here’s How You Can Get It – The PennyHoarder | December 4, 2017

November media mentions

• Insurance officials warn ‘anything is possible’ if Senate repeals Obamacare mandate – ThinkProgress | November 30, 2017
• ACA Enrollment In Wisconsin Slightly Higher Than This Time Last Year – Wisconsin Public Radio | November 22, 2017
• Republicans are threatening to repeal the individual mandate. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea. – United Steel Workers | November 22, 2017
• Obamacare Signups Soar, But Trump Actions Could Still Depress Enrollment – Talking Points Memo | November 22, 2017
• Republicans are threatening to repeal the individual mandate. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea. – ThinkProgress | November 21, 2017
• Navigating ACA Open Enrollment at Your Library – Public Libraries Online | November 20, 2017
• The Only Guide To Buying Health Insurance You’ll Need This Year – Forbes | November 8, 2017
• HealthCheck, November 2017 – American Academy of Actuaries | November 8, 2017
• The ACA won’t work without the individual mandate, we must keep it –The Hill | November 7, 2017
• Here’s Where to Get Help Choosing Obamacare Plans – Huffington Post | November 2, 2017
• Can California Save Obamacare From Trump? – FiveThirtyEight.com | November 2, 2017
• Unlike Some Politicians, I Don’t Want You Going Naked Come January – Huffington Post | November 2, 2017
• All the Ways Donald Trump Has Sabotaged Obamacare – Tonic | November 1, 2017
• The Trump administration isn’t getting the word out about ACA enrollment, but you can. Here’s how. – 270 Strategies | November 1, 2017

October media mentions

• Trump’s Obamacare sabotage accidentally resulted in more free health plans | October 31, 2017
• The Outlook for Marketplace Open Enrollment – Center on Budget & Policy Priorities | October 31, 2017
• Obamacare 2018 enrollment opens Wed. with little federal mention, lower rates for some – USA Today | October 31, 2017
• I looked for a state that’s taken the opioid epidemic seriously. I found Vermont. – Vox | October 31, 2017
• Trumpism Works Better Without Trump – FiveThirtyEight | October 30, 2017
• The 2019 Proposed Payment Notice, Part 2: Consumer-Facing Provisions – Health Affairs | October 28, 2017
• 5 Tips for Managing Your Healthcare Costs as a Freelancer – mediabistro | October 25, 2017
• How Trump’s Obamacare Executive Order Will Affect Pregnant Women – Romper | October 12, 2017
• After Years of LePage’s Obstruction, Voters Will Have Say in Maine’s Medicaid Expansion Efforts – Rewire | October 11, 2017
• The Vanishing Middle Class: The Growth of a Dual Economy – Institute for New Economic Thinking | October 2017

More 2017 media mentions

• Republicans Who Tried To Repeal Obamacare Will Be Haunted By Their Votes For Years To Come – National Memo | July 30, 2017
• Killing Obamacare Softly – New York Times | July 27, 2017
• For this GOP senator, rejecting the health-care bill should be a no-brainer – Washington Post | June 23, 2017
• ACA Penalty Increased Sharply Through 2016; Remained Steady in 2017 – VeryWell | June 18, 2017
• How the Senate health-care bill will drop people with preexisting conditions – Washington Post | June 14, 2017
• How Would Insurance Premium Subsidies Change Under the AHCA? – VeryWell | June 4, 2017
• Aetna exits ACA marketplaces – Axios | May 10, 2017
• Aetna has officially ditched all of its Obamacare business – Business Insider | May 10, 2017
• One state shows the chaos Trump is wreaking on the Obamacare exchanges – Business Insider | May 7, 2017
• What happens if the House GOP health bill actually passes? Then it gets really ugly. – Washington Post | May 3, 2017
• Terry McAuliffe: Republicans are out of excuses on Medicaid expansion – Washington Post | March 31, 2017
• The Democrats’ Next Move on Health Care – New York Times | March 24, 2017
• Fact check: GOP’s Obamacare obituary is premature – USA Today | March 24, 2017
• 8 Journalists and Organizations Tracking Obamacare Repeal and Replace Efforts – Moyers & Company | March 8, 2017
• Amid GOP Attacks on Health Care, the Movement for Single Payer is Growing – Truthout | March 7, 2017
• Already troubled, rural hospitals brace for effects of Obamacare repeal – CNN | January 17, 2017

Earlier mentions

• Doctor: Trump’s alternate reality on health care – CNN | November 12, 2016
• New Online Tools Offer Path to Lower Drug Prices – New York Times | February 9, 2016

Social media mentions

This Is a really smart, fair, thorough analysis from @LouiseNorris https://t.co/Q63yFLLdCM

— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) April 18, 2017

Generic #ff to @LouiseNorris whose write-ups of state marketplaces are incredibly valuable https://t.co/LRvY2PUSaE

— Jonathan Cohn (@CitizenCohn) November 17, 2017

• Unrolled thread from @LouiseNorris – 5 tweets – threadreaderapp.com | December 5, 2017

 

Other mentions

• 10 reasons cost-sharing reductions are YUGE (Louise Norris) was cited in an amicus brief submitted for State of California v. Donald J. Trump.