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Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017
Looking Back on the Year in Health Care: There Were Some Bright Spots I don’t know about you, but I personally hate end-of-year columns. I had to write far too many when I was a newspaper reporter...
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Winners and Losers: Assessing the Ramifications of Repealing Obamacare
After voting at least 60 times over the past six years to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ie, Obamacare) only to see their efforts stymied in the Senate, the Republican House is fairly foaming at the...
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Replacing the ACA: Will Health Savings Accounts Work?
The problems with high-deductible plans and health savings accounts Note: I am beginning a series of posts examining various approaches the Republicans are touting as replacements for the ACA. Sorry,...
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Replacing the ACA: Selling Across State Lines
A cornerstone of every Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the president’s plan, is to allow health insurance companies to sell their products across state lines. The...
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Yes, Mr. President, Health Care Is Complicated
I nearly fell off the couch when I read the President’s statement that “nobody knew health care could be so complicated.” Um, Mr. President, everyone knew. In fact, health care is considered the most...
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Wave Goodbye to Your Health Insurance
This is the third in a series of posts examining various components of the Republican replacement plans for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Republicans Plan to Shred the Affordable Care Act It’s here....
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Why Does an MRI Cost $2,500 Here and $250 in Finland?
Just had dinner last night with an old friend from Finland. He’s a physician so, of course, the talk turned to health care and the differences between our countries. I asked him how much an MRI cost in...
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Health Care and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Well, they did it. They came up with the worst possible “replacement” for the Affordable Care Act. The horrific plan that the House Republicans passed on Thursday threatens not only the health...
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Republicans’ Last-Ditch Effort to Destroy the US Healthcare System
I haven’t written a blog in months because, to be honest, I simply don’t know where to start when it comes to what certain people are trying to do to our healthcare system. But this time they’re going...
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Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
When is the last time you did something for the first time? I heard this adage (for the first time) a few days ago just before embarking on my first Tough Mudder—a 10-mile run (OK, walk for me)...
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