A FIX IS IN for the Affordable Care Act. But it’s just a start. The Biden administration’s new stimulus package includes consequential repairs to the Affordable Care Act: wider income eligibility, increased subsidies to support more affordable premium costs, and other improvements that will help more people access health insurance and health care. Clearly, the stimulus […]
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Can Massachusetts fix a key problem with ACA coverage?
MASSACHUSETTS IS AMONG the bellwether states for its Affordable Care Act insurance coverage. But can our state lead in fixing the brutal challenges for many residents who must do battle to keep ACA coverage, once they have it? This intractable puzzle is on our minds now as we delve into ACA open enrollment season for […]
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We must address rural physician shortage
[Correction: This piece was updated to reflect the fact that enrollment in US medical schools is not declining, as originally stated, but fewer graduates are entering primary care.] ACROSS THE NATION, unequal access to health care raises urgent, pressing problems for individual and community health. For rural and underserved communities, the most urgent challenge […]
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Remaking health care by redefining ‘good health’
LAST MONTH’S FEDERAL COURT ruling declaring that Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional was yet another alarm-raiser for Obamacare customers around the country. Again, in the delicate realm of subsidized insurance, ACA customers were asking: Should I reapply? Is the ACA dead? Will my coverage be canceled? The ACA remains the law of the land as […]
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Instead of attacking Medicaid, let’s celebrate its innovations
IT’S TIME FOR our nation’s health care leaders to stand up against those who denigrate the nation’s invaluable Medicaid program. Such talk is wrong-headed, usually untrue, and counter-productive to the provision of quality, cost-effective care. Medicaid expansion is a key component of the Affordable Care Act, and recent congressional efforts against the Affordable Care Act […]