Expert analysis of health reform issues
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…
The ‘good old days’ before Obamacare
October 25, 2014 – We Americans have short-term memory when it comes to health care. Either that or far too many of us have bought – hook, line and sinker…
ACA critics play the ‘rating game’ but it isn’t working
October 22, 2014 – Last spring, when it was obvious that Obamacare was meeting its enrollment targets for the first year, opponents of the law needed some new…
Don’t let $418 million of FUD fool you
October 16, 2014 – I should have realized that those who are opposed to the law out of economic self-interest or for political reasons would continue to spend…
Protecting our ‘young invincibles’
October 1, 2014 – During these transitional times we always return to the reality that because of the ACA our daughter cannot be denied insurance coverage;…
Stay calm and find another MNsure plan
September 18, 2014 – When the dust settled on the screeching headlines … of impending MNSure doom … the reality was "thank goodness there's an exchange and…
‘Transcending Obamacare’ (Part 3 of 3)
September 10, 2014 – In our final interview segment, Avik Roy and Harold Pollack focus heavily on coverage for low-income Americans and how we should and could…
‘Transcending Obamacare’ (Part 2 of 3)
September 8, 2014 – In Part 2 of my Curbside Consult interview with Avik Roy, our discussion is focused largely on his proposal's goal of controlling health…
‘Transcending Obamacare’
September 6, 2014 – Given their differences, you might be surprised that Avik Roy and Harold had a civil conversation about Roy's new "universal exchange"…
Looking beyond the botched ACA rollout
June 5, 2014 – "People have given up on the repeal. There are very few people who want Congress to take more votes on repealing the ACA. Some people…
Figuring out how to put ‘skin in the game’
June 4, 2014 – The studies indicate that people are very responsive to healthcare prices when they see them. If you raise people's price for meds, they…
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…