Insights Column

The Health Reform Law Provides Much-Needed Peace of Mind for Divorced Women

Divorce is a stressful situation for all involved. It upsets the balance of many things in life, such as personal well-being, family cohesion, and financial security. It can be hard to start a new lif...

Budget Diagnosis, Part 2: Be an Authority on Health Care and the Fiscal Cliff

This is the second in Budget Diagnosis, a series on the coming major decisions in Congress that could affect your health care. This series explains, simply, what advocates need to know, features spec...

Obamacare and the Election

This is a consumer guest blog from Casey Quinlan. I have always been a dutiful voter, and have cast a ballot in every election since … well, long ago. This year, 2012, I cared deeply about the r...

Budget Diagnosis, Part 3: Women’s Health and the Budget

This is the third in Budget Diagnosis, a series on the coming major decisions in Congress that could affect your health care. This series explains, simply, what advocates need to know, features speci...

Deficit Reduction Achieved, Health Care Protected

On Tuesday, Congress passed a deal to avert the “fiscal cliff.” It passed both the Senate and the House with large majorities. The deal did not cut Medicaid or Medicare benefits. For weeks, we�...

Americans Favor Moving Forward on ACA Implementation

The next couple of months are going to be pretty busy for Congress as they work to reach a budget resolution and avert a government shutdown. Like a broken record, opponents of health care are pushing...

Setting the Standard: Consumer Protections in New Insurance Marketplaces

You may know that the Affordable Care Act creates new health insurance marketplaces (often referred to as exchanges) that will make it easier to shop for coverage. But did you know that the new market...

Forever Young?

In the past, women, people in less-than-perfect health, and older people were all charged much higher premiums than others—in fact, many were priced out of care. But, Obamacare changes that. The l...

Rate Shock for Young Americans: Debunking the Myth

Recently, there has been heated debate about the “rate shock” that some say young adults will experience as a result of the change in age rating under the Affordable Care Act. Today, insurers typi...

House Budget Threatens Access to Health Care for Millions of Americans

Paul Ryan's budget, which was passed in the House of Representatives, includes nearly $2.6 trillion in cuts to health care programs that millions of poor and middle-class Americans rely on, while pro...