Category: HEALTHCARE/MEDICAL

The Obamacare Supreme Court Subsidy Challenge––Surprising Comments From Anthony Kennedy and Maybe a Way Out for John Roberts

  • March 5, 2015
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the King v. Burwell case that would throw out the Obamacare subsidies for millions of people now receiving them in the federally run health insurance exchanges. It sure sounded like perennial swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy is ready to save the subsidies and Obamacare given his comments suggesting a finding for the plaintiffs would end up

Republicans: "We Have a Plan For Fixing Health Care" If the Supreme Court Eliminates Subsidies in as Many as 37 States––It Won’t Be So…

  • March 2, 2015
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Key Senate Republican committee chairman Orrin Hatch (UT), John Barrasso (WY), and Lamar Alexander (TN) have an op-ed in the Washington Post today saying they have a plan if millions of Americans lose their Obamacare subsidies this summer. First, I have no idea how the Court will rule, likely in late June. While it is hard for me to see Chief Justice John Roberts voting to strike a major blow to

Obamacare is "Working a Little Better Than We Expected"––Judge for Yourself

  • February 18, 2015
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Here is what President Obama said in a recent video, "The Affordable Care Act is working. It’s working a little better than we expected." On Tuesday, the administration announced that 11.4 million people signed up for Obamacare in the second open enrollment. That number is higher than the number that will ultimately pay for their coverage and complete the enrollment. Even after they complete

A Detailed Analysis of the Republican Alternative to Obamacare

  • February 11, 2015
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House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton along with Senate Finance Chairman Orin Hatch and Senator Richard Burr have outlined what is, at least for now, the Republican alternative to Obamacare. Republicans will now argue they have a better health insurance reform plan and that Obamacare should be repealed and replaced by it––particularly if the Supreme Court plunges the new health law into

Rethink "Repeal and Replace" and Consumer Friendly Obamacare Fixes – Two Op-Eds in USA Today

  • January 15, 2015
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I have no doubt Republicans will insist on proposing their own complex plan to reform the health insurance system that will include repealing and replacing Obamacare. But I think it is going to get them into more political trouble than it’s worth. Here’s the first of my two of op-eds in Thursday’s USA Today: Rethink "Repeal and Replace" Of course that begs a question, Just what should we do

Connie Lloyd Scholarship Application

  • January 15, 2015
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We are now accepting applications for the Connie Lloyd Scholarship. The purpose of the fund is to provide a $2000 scholarship to a student in the Health Policy and Management Department. The recipient of the scholarship shall have a program of study that includes course work, outreach, or internships focused on women and health. read more

Will Tax Season Be Obamacare’s Next Big Challenge? Is There Really an Individual Mandate?

  • January 6, 2015
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Will tax-filing season be the next reason for consumers to complain about the new health law? Come tax time, will the Obama administration really enforce the individual health insurance mandate? The IRS is out with a 21-page publication––Publication 5187––describing what taxpayers need to know about Obamacare in order to file their 2014 taxes. On page six you will find this: So, if the