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Obamacare benefits far outweigh tax-time burdens - Financial benefits of reform to low- and middle-income households well worth the effort of addition... 24 Aug 2013 | 07:44 am
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 that are already sent out each year for student loans, mortga...
Re-envisioned health reform: a ‘gigantic blunder’? - Health economists Austin Frakt and Harold Pollack question the vision, political timing of yet an... 18 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
Last week, eight prominent health policy analysts released a new health plan at the conservative think tank, American Enterprise Institute. Healthinsurance.org Contributor Harold Pollack knows and lik...
Health Wonk Review for August 15, 2013 - Dog Daze 2013 16 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am
The latest edition of Health Wonk Review is posted over at Health Business Blog and according to host David E. Williams, the hot summer days haven't slowed the production of hard-hitting health policy...
The fuss over subsidies for Congressional staff - There is nothing illogical about wanting to insulate individuals – on 'the Hill' or not – from highe... 7 Aug 2013 | 11:01 am
The decision to let Congressional staffers keep their federal subsidies to help buy coverage through the exchanges makes sense from a human resources perspective. The subsidies will help mitigate high...
‘Going bare’: a risky, irresponsible suggestion - Campaign to undermine ACA tempts young adults to go uninsured, but exposes them – and their loved on... 3 Aug 2013 | 10:41 pm
Conservative organizations are mounting a cynical campaign to undermine the Affordable Care Act by encouraging young healthy adults to "go bare." Telling young adults to "skip the exchanges, and pay t...
Lordy, Lordy. Obamacare Repeal Vote 40 - What could Republican lawmakers possibly be thinking as they make yet another attempt to derail Obamacare? We... 2 Aug 2013 | 05:41 pm
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 President Obama's desk.
Is Obamacare ‘Medicaid for the middle class?’ - Conservatives' latest slap at Obamacare is a truly muddled message 31 Jul 2013 | 09:38 pm
Yet another catchy phrase, "Medicaid for the middle class," is popping up in conservative propaganda. What are Obamacare's opponents trying to say?
Will you receive an Obamacare subsidy? - Purchasing coverage through ACA's health insurance marketplaces? Find out the size of a Silver plan premium –... 24 Jul 2013 | 02:51 am
Up until now, when Obamacare’s supporters and reform’s opponents squabbled over what insurance will cost in 2014, they had to rely on estimates and national averages. But now we have real numbers.
Health Wonk Review for July 18, 2013 - "A Midsummer Wonk’s Dream" 22 Jul 2013 | 12:54 pm
The latest edition of Health Wonk Review, the Web’s finest collection (we think) of health policy commentary, is live (and kicking) over at the Colorado Health Insurance Insider. Host Louise Norris pu...
30 economists: We need the individual mandate - In letter to Congress, 30 distinguished economists explain why removing key health reform provision ju... 19 Jul 2013 | 03:31 am
Yesterday, a small group of health policy experts organized by David Cutler, Jon Gruber, and me wrote a simple letter to Congress laying out the case for an individual mandate. It’s a good group, incl...
