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Two Theologies Have Blocked Medicare-For-All

Editor’s note: This post is part of a series of several posts stemming from presentations given at “ The Law of Medicare and Medicaid at Fifty ,” a conference held at Yale Law School on November 6 and 7. In the 50 years since Medicare was enacted, Congress...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2014 9:34 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Insurance, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Competition, Coverage, Health Law

Repeal, And Replace, The Employer Mandate

As it enters its fifth year, the Affordable Care Act has chalked up an impressive list of accomplishments. More than 8 million Americans have chosen a health plan through the ACA exchanges. At least another five million have likely enrolled in Medicaid...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2014 6:17 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Insurance, Public Opinion, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Spending, Coverage

A Senate GOP Health Reform Proposal: The Burr-Coburn-Hatch Plan

Republican Senators Richard Burr, Tom Coburn, and Orrin Hatch recently released a blueprint for repealing and replacing Obamacare, called the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment Act, or the Patient CARE Act (PCA). The plan is...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2014 8:03 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Insurance, Health Care Costs, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Spending, Medicare, Coverage, Medicaid

Calm Down, America: ObamaCare Is Far From A Revolutionary Change In Our Health System

Three and half years after passage of President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the law is about to reach an important milestone. On January 1, 2014, millions of Americans will no longer be uninsured and a new system for obtaining...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2013 1:16 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Insurance, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Coverage

Implementing Health Reform: Verifying Income, Combating Discrimination, And More

We are in the very depths of summer and should all be at the beach. But with the exchanges set to open their doors in less than nine weeks time, there is little rest for federal and state agency staff charged with opening those doors. After three years...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2013 1:48 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Insurance, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Spending, Coverage, Disparities

Changing The Name — But Not The Political Game

Editor’s Note: Yesterday, the Obama administration announced interim final regulations governing the temporary Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Below, Thomas Miller and James Capretta...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2010 5:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Politics, Insurance, Spending, Coverage, Health Law

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