Insights Column

Our Health Care Lottery

Originally posted by Adam Linker from our friends at NC Policy Watch. Opponents of the Affordable Care Act have yet to give us a viable alternative. They tend to be big on repeal and short on repl...

Worry No More Applies to All: Pre-Existing Conditions and Communities of Color

It has always seemed backward that those who need insurance the most—people who are already sick—are turned down for coverage or forced to pay higher premiums. Thanks to the new health law, insure...

Show Us Your Rebate Check!

Many Americans may have recently discovered a little extra money in their wallets. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, Americans have received $1.1 billion in rebates from their health insurance p...

More and more employers are turning to wellness programs as a way to reduce their health care costs. As these programs gain momentum, it’s time to set the record straight on the difference between g...

Small Business Owner Says Thanks Obamacare!

If you received a check for $350 in the mail, how would you react? Would you be shocked, but pleasantly surprised? This is exactly how George, a small business owner from Annapolis, Maryland, reacted....

The Affordable Care Act helps us be Más Poderosas!

Last summer I learned a valuable lesson about what is at stake when women do not have power over their own health. I was interning at a maternal and child health nonprofit in southeastern Pennsylvan...

Obamacare: Helping Millenials Live Long, Healthy Lives

If you follow the news, you may have seen reports that young people are not the healthiest. In fact, there is an ugly prediction for our future: Life expectancy for my generation is expected to decli...

CaronlinaFest and the DNC full of support for Obamacare!

We’re barely through the second day of the Democratic National Convention, and I can say with confidence that support for Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) is through the roof! The convention start...

Dems Platform Promises to Protect and Improve Health Care

With all the rhetoric being thrown around about health care, the importance of the reforms we’ve made and the need to protect those reforms and move forward can be easily forgotten. With the release...

Health Care Tribute at the DNC

Since the Democrats kicked off their party convention, everyone has been talking about health care. From the House Democratic Women’s Caucus promoting the protections that Affordable Care Act has af...