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Affordable Care Act
“A clear choice on election day”
October 3, 2012 – Boston University health economist and researcher Austin Frakt discusses the implications of the November elections with Harold Pollack in…
Romney vs. Romney on health reform
September 27, 2012 – Romney's Massachusetts health reform is simply not the health reform he plans to take to the White House. All Romney has promised is higher…
Foes use scare tactics on health care penalty
September 12, 2012 – ACA opponents are using scare tactics to convince Americans that a mandate to buy comprehensive health insurance represents a tax on the…
GOP duo’s fuzzy math catches up to them
September 10, 2012 – "For 30 years, Republicans have been getting away, politically, with providing fuzzy numbers about so many things. The Romney campaign has…
We’re better off for Obama’s health reform
September 6, 2012 – Harold Pollack: Clinton delivered the best speech of the 2012 campaign. "No one in American politics can rival Clinton's ability to weave…
Dems fall in love with Obamacare — at last
September 5, 2012 – From the explicit mention in the Democratic platform of the Affordable Care Act to the embrace of the term “Obamacare”, Democrats…
Makers, takers, and health reform
September 3, 2012 – Romney running mate Paul Ryan's speech last week criticized President Obama for enacting "a new entitlement we didn't even ask for." But…
Convention’s pants on fire over Obamacare
August 30, 2012 – Perhaps conventions are not where you expect truth to be told. But should they at least be places where lies are not so…
A GOP victory and women’s health?
August 26, 2012 – On the eve of the Republican Convention, blogger Maggie Mahar wonders, "What would a Republican victory in November mean for women's…
Aurora tragedy shows value of health reform
July 31, 2012 – The tragic July 20 movie theater attack in Aurora, Colorado, serves a grim reminder of the importance of universal coverage for even young…
Why your state should expand Medicaid
July 29, 2012 – We have been told that in some red states conservatives "hate poor people." But my guess is that they'll hate higher premiums more. If…
States will gain by expanding Medicaid
July 29, 2012 – In states where governors have vowed not to expand Medicaid, health insurance premiums are likely to go up as hospitals struggling to care…