Health Insurance
Top Priority After Obamacare: Fix Medicaid
President Obama’s health care law could soon be struck down by the Supreme Court, or voters could finish the job in November. In considering what comes next, Medicaid reform is at the top of
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Ten Articles Worth Reading on Obamacare’s Anniversary
On the second anniversary of President Obama’s health care law, the White House is engaging in little more than token promotion or celebration of the president’s signature domestic policy. They’ve created a promoted Twitter
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After Obamacare, What Does the Future Hold for Massachusetts’ Health Care Law?
Given the continuing unpopularity of the Affordable Care Act and the possibility of the Supreme Court ruling it unconstitutional later this year, some see an opportunity to do away with the health care reform
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CBO: Obamacare Pricetag at Least $820 Billion More Than Expected
The Congressional Budget Office now projects President Obama’s health care law will cost $1.76 trillion over a decade, not the $940 billion the CBO estimated before it was signed into law. This number could
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Consumer Power Report: How Much Can Consumer Directed Plans Save?
How much could shifting to consumer directed health plans save? A great deal, according to this new study by RAND researchers, published in Health Affairs: Enrollment is increasing in consumer-directed health insurance plans, which
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Missouri Voters May Get Chance to Block Exchange
Legislation recently passed by the Missouri Senate and currently under consideration in the House would bypass the governor and put the implementation of a state health insurance exchange, mandated by President Obama’s law, in
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Americans found gaps in health insurance in 2011
Working-age American adults experienced a gap in health insurance coverage at a rate of 26 percent during 2011, often because they lost or changed jobs, according to a recent report by The Commonwealth Fund
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As Court Considers Obama’s Law, Employers Brace for Decision
If the Supreme Court ultimately upholds President Obama’s law, within the next decade workers may find they face a very different health insurance landscape—one where millions of Americans lose their employer-based coverage. In the
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Consumer Power Report: Oregon’s $1.9 Billion Medicaid Slush Fund
In keeping with the Obama administration’s solutions when it comes to policy problems in other areas, its latest response to the challenge of health care costs is simple: Spend more money. The latest example
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Health risks mom should think about that may increase insurance costs
When a woman becomes a mother everything in her life changes. Everything in her world becomes about her child. While mothers are nursing cuts and scrapes, whipping up an amazing home-cooked meal for their
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