Tag: ACA
How the Trump administration accidentally insured over 200,000 through Obamacare
Coleman Drake, University of Pittsburgh and David Anderson, Duke University
With an eye on replacing the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration took one particularly...
How undoing ‘Obamacare’ would harm more than the health of Americans
Simon F. Haeder, Pennsylvania State University
The Affordable Care Act remains on life support after a panel of federal judges ruled on Dec. 18, 2019...
US health care: An industry too big to fail
Michael Williams, University of Virginia
As I spoke recently with colleagues at a conference in Florence, Italy about health care innovation, a fundamental truth resurfaced...
Why the Texas ruling on Obamacare is on shaky legal ground
Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia University and Valarie Blake, West Virginia University
A Texas judge has ruled that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. For...
For richer or poorer: 4 economists ponder what 2018 has in...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced; Christos Makridis, Stanford University; Patricia Smith, University of Michigan, and William Hauk, University of South Carolina
Editor’s note: We...
‘Hot potato’ shows why workers won’t benefit from Trump’s corporate tax...
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University
Many children have played hot potato, a game in which they pass a spud to other children quickly so they...
Want to fix America’s health care? First, focus on food
Dariush Mozaffarian, Tufts University
The national debate on health care is moving into a new, hopefully bipartisan phase.
The fundamental underlying challenge is cost...
State budgets hang in the balance as future of ACA uncertain
Capri Cafaro, American University
Many state budget directors are starting to plan for the next fiscal year – even as debate over repealing and replacing...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
