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Category Archives: National Health Policy
MayDay! The ACA Is Still Alive and Still in Danger
Today is May Day and the ACA is still alive. Donald Trump’s campaign boast that he would sign a bill repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA/ObamaCare) on his inauguration day is long gone and forgotten. House Speaker Paul Ryan and … Continue reading
A Republican Path to ACA Reform
[This commentary, written by me and Dr. William Seligman of the Harvard Chan School, was published today on the Commonwealth Magazine website.] IF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP and Congressional Republicans were to decide that fixing rather than destroying the Affordable Care … Continue reading
Health and Taxes and the Values at Stake in the ACA Debate
[This commentary was published this week on the website of the Milbank Quarterly.] One of my favorite political scientists, Deborah Stone, wrote that much of the policy process involves debates about values masquerading as debates about numbers and facts.1 Although … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Policy, Health Politics, National Health Policy
Tagged ACA, ObamaCare, Republicans, taxes, values
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The State of Play Post-Trump/RyanCare
[This column is reprinted from the Commonwealth Magazine website.] GLOBAL HEALTH EXPERT Michael Reich says that the acid test of any national health reform comes when a new national administration takes over. Only when a new president or prime minister … Continue reading
Exploring the next phase of U.S. health reform
[This article was published on the website of the Harvard Chan School of Public Health in connection with an executive training program — Preparing for What’s Next in U.S. Health Reform — that I’m running May 31-June 2.] by Lisa … Continue reading
24 Million May Lose Health Insurance to Pay for Tax Cuts for Wealthy Americans
[This commentary, “GOP Cuts Are Moral Challenge for America,” was published on Commonwealth Magazine’s website on March 14.] THE BIG NEWS IS, of course, Monday’s “score” from the Congressional Budget Office detailing that the House Republican bill to repeal and … Continue reading
House Republicans Show Their Hand on ACA — and It’s Not Good
[This February 26 2017 commentary was published on the Commonwealth Magazine website.] LATE LAST WEEK, Politico released a leaked 105-page draft bill defining the House Republican plan to repeal/replace/repair/re-whatever the Affordable Care Act/Obamacare. The draft legislation was dated February 10, … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Policy, Health Politics, National Health Policy
Tagged ACA, Indivisible, Medicaid, ObamaCare, Paul Ryan, Republicans
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Welcome Back to the Medical Underwriting Circle of Hell
[This commentary was posted today (2-15-2017) at RealClearHealth.] All leading Republicans who are committed to repealing all or key parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) also emphasize their commitment to maintaining the law’s most popular part: banning pre-existing condition … Continue reading
Vive la ACA Resistance!
[This commentary was published on the Commonwealth Magazine website last week. If you are supportive of what the Affordable Care Act has achieved and want to help defend it — the time is NOW. Please go to: http://protectmycare.org/ to learn how … Continue reading
Want Drug Pricing Regulation? Why Not AMNOG?
[This article was posted on December 29th 2016 on the Health Affairs blog. It was co-written with Dr. Karl Lauterbach, the Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the German Bundestag, and Dr. Elizabeth Seeley of the Harvard Chan … Continue reading
Posted in Global Health Policy, Health Policy, National Health Policy
Tagged AMNOG, drug pricing regulation, Germany, IQWIG, Karl Lauterbach, PCORI
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