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Insights Column
11.30.2012
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 special guests writing…
Insights Column
01.04.2013
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’ve…
Insights Column
01.29.2013
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…
Insights Column
02.07.2013
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…
Insights Column
02.21.2013
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 law alters the way that…
Insights Column
03.12.2013
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 typically…
Insights Column
03.22.2013
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 providing tax breaks and…
Insights Column
04.01.2013
Lately, some employers, such as Wendy’s and a Five Guysfranchise in North Carolina, have started to grumble about having to pay a penalty if they do not provide quality, affordable health coverage options to their employees starting…
Insights Column
04.10.2013
Today President Obama released his proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year. Unlike the austerity budget passed by House Republicans last month, his proposal protects and strengthens our nation’s health care priorities, including Medicaid, the…
Insights Column
04.19.2013
With spring comes another crop of college graduates. For many, graduation can bring a flood of widely varying emotions. On one hand, there’s the fist-pumping, cap-in-the-air celebration of a diploma in hand: Four years…