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Obamacare
Anatomy of an Obamacare ‘horror story’
January 3, 2014 – "A lack of fact checkers does not explain why the newspaper ignored the news that one of its 'victims' had found good coverage. No editor's…
2014: A very good year for health coverage
December 31, 2013 – Many of the newly insured are among the millions who have been unable to afford coverage in the past or have not been able to buy it at any…
ACA marketplaces: The tide has turned
December 19, 2013 – "The people responsible for implementing the ACA have continued to concentrate on the task at hand, and their efforts are paying off.…
Identifying Obamacare’s victims
December 12, 2013 – Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times talks with Harold Pollack about his interviews with the subjects of two high-profile Obamacare…
Health reform: Be patient. It does work.
December 11, 2013 – What I do know is that I will never again face a $10,000 deductible. We gained $11,000 in deductible savings, a quality provider network,…
How the media gets social insurance wrong
December 10, 2013 – In Part 2 of my interview with Michael Hiltzik, Michael notes that there are parallels between the media's coverage of the rollout Social…
‘There will be some bugs …’
November 26, 2013 – 'There will be some bugs. People will emerge with some bug bites on them, but you know the health system before ACA was one in which 50…
Getting the scoop on Obamacare
November 22, 2013 – In Part 3, Joanne Kenen and Harold Pollack talk about how media’s been covering the rollout of Obamacare – and what reporters are…
Is Obamacare bending the cost curve?
November 19, 2013 – "The new ways of trying to deliver healthcare, medical homes, ACOs, this alphabet soup of delivery system reform seems to make a difference…
Obamacare’s bad rap
November 12, 2013 – "'I'm very cynical about the media ...They're like squirrels. They follow whatever is flashy and new, and they're zippin' all over the…
Re-envisioned reform: a ‘gigantic blunder’?
August 18, 2013 – Last week, eight prominent health policy analysts released a new health plan at the conservative think tank, American Enterprise Institute.…
A fuss over subsidies for Congressional staff
August 7, 2013 – The decision to let Congressional staffers keep their federal subsidies to help buy coverage through the exchanges makes sense from a human…