I HAD ONE mission last night watching the Republican debate among the party’s top 10 presidential contenders: What, if anything, could we learn about the state of play regarding the […]
Affordable Care Act
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Financing the Affordable Care Act
NOW THAT THE the lawsuit challenging federally established health care exchanges, King v. Burwell, has been relegated to history’s dustbin, let’s return for a deeper dive into the June 2015 report from […]
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The Supreme Court surprise that wasn’t
THOSE CLOSELY WATCHING the US Supreme Court process on the King v. Burwell suit that almost upended insurance subsidies for about 6.4 million Americans knew that one of three outcomes […]
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CBO: Obamacare repeal would be costly
MY FAVORED DEFINITION of “health policy wonk” is someone who reads health reports from the Congressional Budget Office —Â and enjoys it. Guilty as charged. Last Friday’s new report, “Budgetary and […]
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A grand bargain on medical device tax
ONE PROPOSAL TO CHANGEÂ the Affordable Care Act would repeal the law’s 2.3 percent tax on sales of medical devices. On June 2, the House Ways and Means Committee voted, once […]
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Grading Obamacare
IN MY EXPERIENCE, precious few Americans recognize the variety and depth of policies included in the Affordable Care Act. Over the past several months, we have seen numerous report cards […]
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The Affordable Care Act is working
IN LATE NOVEMBER, Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, publicly opined that Democrats blew it in 2009 by pursuing passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) instead of maintaining […]
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Mass. health reform has many shortcomings
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE were surprised to discover that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) deprived some patients of their health plans and their physicians, despite government promises to the contrary. We […]