Expert analysis of health reform issues
Obamacare: A Stepping Stone?
November 9, 2015 – The following guest post is from Simon F. Haeder, the winner of healthinsurance.org's 2014 Health Wonk Scholarship. Haeder is a Ph.D.…
Is CarsonCare really ‘out of the box’?
October 28, 2015 – If President Carson would somehow be able to persuade Congress – even a GOP-controlled Congress – to go along with his HSA-for-all…
Pre-existing conditions? ‘No such thing’
October 23, 2015 – Patrick Carr went an awfully long time without health insurance. For someone living with two chronic health conditions — asthma and high…
Prediction: QHP enrollment will swell by 25 percent
October 15, 2015 – Before I go any further, let me say this flat out: No. Actual exchange enrollments in 2016 are not going to reach the CBO's 21 million…
How health policy should hijack tonight’s debate
October 13, 2015 – In my role as self-appointed moderator of tonight's Democratic presidential debate, I and a few of my friends have some questions about my…
When ACA’s Silver beats employer-sponsored plans
October 7, 2015 – Most holders of Silver plans purchased in the ACA's marketplaces have more comprehensive overall coverage than most people with…
The ‘casino effect’ on your health insurance rates
October 6, 2015 – There are several reasons for the wide variation in 2016 individual health insurance rates across the country, but there is one thing that…
Millions get by on $2 a day. Can Medicaid help?
September 25, 2015 – In this edition, I'm talking with the University of Michigan’s H. Luke Shaefer, co-author of the important new book, $2.00 a Day: Living…
So many coverage options, so much ACA hate
September 15, 2015 – Just how much would the 2016 GOP clown car have to pay if they "had" to enroll in an ACA-compliant, private individual policy, instead of…
What’s Leon Panetta going to do about Blue Shield?
September 14, 2015 – When former defense secretary Leon Panetta joined the board of directors of Blue Shield of California, he explained: “I have chosen to…
WalkerCare gives women reasons to worry again
August 23, 2015 – The “open market” Walker would establish would be the kind of health insurance market that existed before Obamacare. There would be no…
Why pre-existing conditions mattered … to millions
August 19, 2015 – If GOP lawmakers were able to repeal Obamacare, their constituents ... the people who voted them into office ... would be among the biggest…