Medium-size reform creates the conditions for bigger things. Recent state elections — the Democratic landslide in Virginia, followed by Democratic gubernatorial victories in Kentucky and Louisiana — have been bad news for Donald Trump. Among other things, the election results vindicate polls indicating that Trump is historically unpopular. All of …
A decision in the latest court case to threaten the future of the Affordable Care Act could come as soon as this month. The ruling will come from the panel of judges in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which heard oral arguments in the Texas v. Azar lawsuit. An estimated 24 million people …
DETROIT — Poor people in Michigan with asthma and diabetes were admitted to the hospital less often after they joined Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. More than 25,000 Ohio smokers got help through the state’s Medicaid expansion that led them to quit. And around the country, patients with advanced …
Will specious, bad-faith legal arguments prevail? The Affordable Care Act was an imperfect and incomplete reform. The political compromises needed to get it through Congress created a complex system in which too many people fall through the holes. It was also underfunded, which is why deductibles are often uncomfortably high. …
The fate of the Affordable Care Act hinges on an appeals court in Texas as a panel of judges consider whether an earlier ruling was correct in striking down the health care plan as unconstitutional. On Tuesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in Texas v. Azar. The …
A majority of Americans think Medicare for All is a public option that would preserve private insurance, premiums, and deductibles. And they love it. Voters believe that Medicare for All would raise their taxes without eliminating their premiums, co-pays, or deductibles. And most voters think that sounds great. A pair …
Medicaid expansion under “Obamacare” may have quickly translated into fewer heart disease deaths among middle-aged Americans, a new study suggests. In 2014, many U.S. states began expanding their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, or ACA — making more lower-income residents eligible for coverage. It’s known that those expanded …
Our president messes up his own good news. Gee, you wake up one morning and the entire political world is transformed. I know some of you were very sad about the way the Mueller report let Donald Trump off the hook. Even if you secretly doubted that he was actually …
Republicans in Congress, fresh off an election that punished their party for opposing healthcare protections, now worry that a recent federal court ruling undermining Obamacare could give Democrats new ammunition for 2020, and they’re scrambling to thwart any attacks. Particularly in the Senate, some Republicans want to prove to voters …
Obamacare has delivered — and Republicans have been wrong all the way. Last week, Ted Cruz, the unexpectedly endangered Republican senator from Texas, warned that Beto O’Rourke, his Democratic opponent, would turn the state into California, with “tofu and silicone and dyed hair.” Does Cruz really think every blonde in Texas …
