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Mostly about the ACA: Obamacare to Trumpcare to Bidencare.

Friday, May 31, 2019

Michael Bennet misrepresented his Medicare-X bill on CNN

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Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, who entered the presidential race on May 2, made headlines yesterday for taking on Bernie Sanders' Med...
Monday, May 27, 2019

Medicare for all who want it: Potential and pitfalls

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I have suspected for some time that the longest-lasting Democratic presidential candidates may converge on health care reform plans that en...
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Thursday, May 23, 2019

"Medicare for all who want it" raises the kludge question

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box at top right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) Given the...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Folding Medicaid into Medicare for America: Will states pay their share?

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box at top right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) One of th...
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Sunday, May 19, 2019

Seniors' costs under Medicare for America, continued

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box at top right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) In my las...
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Thursday, May 16, 2019

If Medicare for America passes, some seniors would pay more (and get more) than at present

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Would Medicare for America phase out employer-sponsored insurance?

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box at top right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) It's ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

A major fix in Medicare for America 2.0

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box at top right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) Medicare ...
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Monday, May 13, 2019

Benefit cliffs in the ACA marketplace

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Dave Anderson highlights an important weakness in the subsidy structure for the ACA marketplace. As income rises, the enrollee's shar...
Thursday, May 09, 2019

Take a hike, xpost

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I neglected to mention that I'm on vacation this week. I'll be back early next. I've been reluctant to spoil my frame of mind w...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019

What if a candidate took voters' stated healthcare priorities literally?

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In its low-key way, the Kaiser Family Foundation has been warning Democrats for some time that the electorate is not strongly demanding Med...
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Saturday, April 27, 2019

Let's call it 160% Medicare...Washington state public option

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Medicare-X 2.0 deserves a second look

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box at top right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) As origin...

Toward universal coverage: A bestiary of Democratic healthcare bills

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I have a post up at BlueWaveNJ that offers a framework for assessing more than a half dozen Democratic bills that would build on or repla...
Monday, April 22, 2019

Medicare at Will

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I have posited repeatedly ( here , here , here ) that the gateway to real healthcare system transformation (and cost control) is a buy-in t...
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Sunday, April 21, 2019

Expanding the footprint of Medicare payment rates is hard: Washington State edition

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box on right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) It's iron...
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Monday, April 15, 2019

Cold comfort for low income workers insured through their employers

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box on right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) The Kaiser Fa...
Friday, April 12, 2019

Latinx enrollment continues to *rise* in HealthCare.gov states

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box on right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) In 2019, an a...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

BlueWaveNJ on the cost of ACA nullification

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Here's what BlueWaveNJ thinks of Donald Trump's now-total support for the ridiculous suit seeking to nullify the entire ACA: The...
Monday, April 08, 2019

CSR takeup bends slightly under silver load at incomes up to 200% FPL

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