Expert analysis of health reform issues
ACA benefits far outweigh tax-time burdens
August 23, 2013 – When we move to a system that requires insurers to send tax forms to insureds, it's unlikely to be any more complicated than the tax forms…
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…
‘Going bare’: risky, irresponsible suggestion
August 3, 2013 – Conservative organizations are mounting a cynical campaign to undermine the Affordable Care Act by encouraging young healthy adults to "go…
Lordy, Lordy. Obamacare Repeal Vote 40
August 2, 2013 – Folks, there's not a snowball's chance that the creatively named "Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013" will get anywhere close to…
Obamacare ‘Medicaid for the middle class?’
July 31, 2013 – Yet another catchy phrase, "Medicaid for the middle class," is popping up in conservative propaganda. What are Obamacare's opponents trying…
30 economists: We need individual mandate
July 18, 2013 – Yesterday, a small group of health policy experts organized by David Cutler, Jon Gruber, and me wrote a simple letter to Congress laying…
The end (of the wait for Obamacare) is near
July 12, 2013 – It’s a sour and angry time in Washington, D.C. Despite the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court found the Affordable Care Act to…
‘Is this thing on?’
July 11, 2013 – The media's coverage of the implementation of the health care reform law has been so much like the way most reporters cover political…
Obamacare’s employer mandate delayed:
July 8, 2013 – As usual the doomsters are ignoring the facts. The delay will affect only a fraction of U.S. employers and even fewer…
100 days until ACA enrollment starts
June 22, 2013 – Sunday, June 23, marks 100 days until the first day that people will be able to enroll in an affordable health insurance plan through the…
Obamacare and the disability community
June 19, 2013 – Sam Bagenstos, one of the nation's leading experts on disability law, talks with Harold Pollack about the Americans with Disabilities Act…