Expert analysis of health reform issues
Would your plan cover John McCain’s treatment?
July 25, 2017 – There are more than 12,000 Americans who will be diagnosed with glioblastoma this year. Unfortunately, many of them do not have the level…
New Senate draft leaves its five fatal flaws intact
July 14, 2017 – HAROLD POLLACK: Today, Republican Senate leaders released the latest version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), their Affordable…
What ACA repeal could do to small-group coverage
July 7, 2017 – The GOP's ACA repeal legislation – and its waiver options for states to adjust essential health benefit requirements – would clearly…
‘Justice for all’ must include healthcare
July 7, 2017 – If this country wants to have any control over the cost of healthcare coupled with positive health outcomes, it MUST seek ways to ensure…
Clawing back coverage from the poor
July 5, 2017 – What argument could possibly convince critics of the Medicaid expansion that taking back health coverage from someone who earns $46 dollars…
I have diabetes. The ACA is a ‘BFD’ for me.
June 29, 2017 – As someone with diabetes, I can attest that the ACA is truly a BFD. The law has been a godsend to me, financially, health-wise, and, well,…
High out-of-pocket costs are a feature, not a bug
June 29, 2017 – The high cost sharing in the BCRA is not a bug, it's a feature. The Republican bill could aptly be called the Cost Sharing Inflation…
Healthcare is about people – not legislative wins
June 23, 2017 – Healthcare is about people, not the legislative victories that Sen. McConnell so desperately…
What ‘ramming through’ a health bill looks like
June 23, 2017 – Is what Senate Republicans have done anything at all like what Senate Democrats did to pass the Senate version of the Affordable Care Act?…
What if Rep. Steve Scalise was uninsured?
June 19, 2017 – Tens of thousands of people are shot every year and survive their injuries. Many require costly forms of care. At least through ACA, we…
AHCA’s unkindest cuts
June 16, 2017 – The damage Republicans will likely do to the individual market is dwarfed by the damage they will certainly do (if they pass anything) to…
False hope for millions who dread losing insurance
June 12, 2017 – A Senate pledge to preserve a guarantee to cover pre-existing health conditions is of little value if other ACA protections don’t also…