The hard-fought accomplishment of Obamacare is starting to pay off
Obamacare
Posted inPolitical Animal
Obamacare’s Success in Protecting our Finances
It wasn’t the primary goal, but it’s a big help nonetheless.
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Obamacare Breaks Through in Louisiana
If David Vitter had been elected the governor of Louisiana, I know that this would not be happening: Department of Health and Hospitals [DHH] will begin the massive task Wednesday (June 1) of enrolling 375,000 people into the state’s expanded Medicaid program. The department’s goal is to get Medicaid insurance cards into the hands of […]
Posted inHealth Care
How Obamacare Is Winning “Young Invincibles”
More than 5.7 million young Americans have become insured since 2010.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, March/April/May 2014
It’s All in the Implementation
Why cannabis legalization is less like marriage equality and more like health care reform.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Health Care, January/February 2014, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
After Obamacare
A frenzy of hospital mergers could leave the typical American family spending 50 percent of its income on health care within ten years—and blaming the Democrats. The solution requires banning price discrimination by monopolistic hospitals.
Posted inHealth Care, Magazine, March/April 2013
The Republican Case for Waste in Health Care
Conservatives love to apply “cost-benefit analysis” to government programs—except in health care. In fact, working with drug companies and warning of “death panels,” they slipped language into Obamacare banning cost-effectiveness research. Here’s how that happened, and why it can’t stand.
Posted inHealth Care, Magazine, March/April 2013
Reality-Based Mental Health Reform
Preventing mass killings like the one in Newtown may be impossible. But there’s plenty we can do to reduce violence by the mentally ill in general. And the tools are right there in Obamacare.
Posted inMagazine, March/April 2013
The Congress-Does-Nothing Deficit Reduction Plan
How “bracket creep” (the good kind) could make the long-term fiscal outlook better than everyone thinks.
Posted inBooks, Government, Health Care, January/February 2013, Magazine
Did Hurricane Sandy Save Obamacare?
How disaster relief justifies the welfare state.
