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Obamacare
The Senate’s Obamacare repeal bill: a cheat sheet
May 26, 2017 – The Senate is working on its own version of repeal-and-replace legislation. Here's what happens next ... and how you can…
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…
Over 7 million customers served
November 11, 2014 – Focusing on the fact that natural and expected attrition has reduced to around 7 million the number of individuals who have gained…
Can we ‘do the right thing’ profitably?
June 3, 2014 – David Cutler was the author of a prescient and scathing 2010 analysis warning of the need for stronger management of information technology…
Dem ad slays Obamacare-hating Republican
May 25, 2014 – Of the nearly half a billion dollars that has been spent on political ads mentioning the Affordable Care Act since 2010, just a little 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…
‘Bros’ on board – and other promising signs
May 11, 2014 – With 8 million Americans enrolled in Obamacare's exchanges – 28 percent of them young adults – the collapse of the Affordable Care Act…
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…
A health disaster waiting to happen
February 5, 2014 – Obamacare has offered solid footing to millions whose 'junk policies' were a disaster waiting to happen – offering the kind of coverage…
‘Bailout?’ ‘Unprecedented?’ Honestly?
January 29, 2014 – "What [ACA critics] don't tell you is that while $25 billion is a lot of money, it is pocket change compared to the enormous amount of…
Will health reform still be a ‘BFD’ in 2014?
January 28, 2014 – In the final segment of our interview, Jon provides a short list of indicators he expects to use in the coming year to determine whether…
Obamacare pitfalls and protections
January 27, 2014 – In Part 1 of my interview with Jonathan Cohn, we talked about what’s working with the Affordable Care Act (and what’s not) – and also…