Insights Column

The California Health Benefits Exchange is Born!

This blog was originally written and posted by California Health Access. The California Health Benefits Exchange Board held its first meeting today in Sacramento. The Board, staff, and nearly 100 ...

Good news for recent college graduates

With college graduations quickly approaching, there will be a new wave of young adults looking for jobs. Graduation also means that these same adults will have to start making payments on their studen...

Barbour insists there’s no one in Mississippi without health care

Last week, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour said, “There’s nobody in Mississippi that does not have access to health care.” As a Native Mississippian, I truly cannot understand how Govern...

On cervical cancer prevention

Each year about 12,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer and about 4,000 American women die from the disease. While this number has decreased over the last few decades, it ...

A video starring your mother

Mother’s day is this Sunday and, unlike previous years, you don’t have to spend an arm and a leg to get your Mom a great gift. Our friends at Mom’s Rising have created an awesome video that...

Today’s Health Care Court Cases

This post was written by Stephanie Cutter and originally posted on the White House Blog. Today, judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Virginia will hear arguments ...

Health Reform’s Gifts for Mom

In a recent article for the Center for American Progress, Sandra Bogar reminded us of all of the ways that health reform benefits mothers, mothers-to-be, and grandmothers. Even when it’s not Mother�...

Families without insurance unable to afford medical bills

The federal government recently released a report with staggering conclusions. It shows that few families without health insurance have the financial resources to pay potential hospital bills. On av...

69% of NC voters OPPOSE health insurers on health exchange board

This post was written by Adam Searing and originally posted on the Progressive Pulse. A new poll commissioned by NC Policy Watch from Public Policy Polling has some startling news for state legisl...

To be or not to be….for individual responsibility

Many people in Massachusetts are proud, and rightfully so: The state’s version of health care reform, one that includes an individual responsibility requirement, signed into law by former Governor M...