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Obama Wades Back into the Health Care Debate
(WASHINGTON) -- President Barack Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up...
Morning Must Reads: May 6
In the news: Syria, Medicaid, background checks, the Tea Party troika, and Game of Thrones and Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Obamacare Progress
A few weeks ago, I gave the President a tough time about the slow and messy implementation of his health care plan. But there's been some progress in recent...
Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us
How outrageous pricing and egregious profits are destroying our health care
Morning Must Reads
In the news today: a secret Saudi Arabia drone base, Eric Cantor, and ObamaCare
Nearly Half of Country Say They Will Build ACA Health Care Exchanges
(WASHINGTON) — Threatened with repeal just weeks ago President Barack Obama's health care law now appears on track in close to half the states with others...
What Obama’s Re-election Means for Health Care
Hospitals, insurers, drug companies and patients can now expect a more orderly rollout of the Affordable Care Act over the next few years.
Mitt Romney’s Pre-Existing Conditions
It’s hard to tell what Mitt Romney would do to solve the problem of sick uninsured Americans. Right now, these people often can’t find insurers willing to sell...
Switzerland Has Its Own Kind of Obamacare — and Loves It
The country requires everyone to purchase health insurance but it appears to work efficiently while keeping costs under control
Doctor Shortage?
The Affordable Care Act will bring health insurance to some 32 million Americans by 2015. But according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC),...
That Priorities USA Ad: Dishonest but Important
That new Priorities USA ad which effectively blames Mitt Romney for a woman’s cancer death is a strange beast. It is at once the most dishonest and substantive...
Why Obamacare Should Be Redesigned, But Not Repealed
Last week’s vote by the House of Representatives to repeal President Obama’s health care plan was the 33rd such attempt – and just as unlikely to have any real...
The Future of the Affordable Care Act: Uncertain, At Best
There are two health care-related sideshows playing out in Washington. One is a semantic argument about whether the fine for not having health insurance under...
Does Health Insurance Actually Make People Healthier?
Last Thursday, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA), our country’s most expansive healthcare legislation since Medicare. As...
You Say Tomato, I Call Bullpucky
Pete Wehner continues his relentless attempts to depict Barack Obama as a despicable human being by vamping on the President for calling the “tax” paid by people...
How the Supreme Court’s Medicaid Ruling Could Hinder Unviseral Coverage
Of all the ways President Obama’s health care law is poised to alter the U.S. medical system, the extension of new health insurance coverage to some 32 million...
Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare in Landmark Decision
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President Obama’s health reform law, affirming the centerpiece of the sweeping 2010 overhaul of the nation’s medical...
Would You Buy Health Insurance at Costco?
Sure, warehouse clubs are great for picking up pallets of bottled water and giant tubs of ranch dressing. But would you turn to one for your health insurance?...
Republicans Against Markets
There was a time, about thirty years ago, when I worked as a freelance writer. The work was plentiful, but the peripherals were lousy–especially when it came to...
Will the Cost of Health Insurance Eventually Eat Up Your Entire Paycheck? Study Says Yes.
Here’s a depressing thought, at least for those of us who occasionally get sick or injured, or take prescription medicine, and who own fewer than three mansions:...
