Tag: Health insurance
Why your employer-sponsored insurance may ultimately not be good for you
Dana Goldman, University of Southern California
The Democratic presidential debates, which resume Sept. 12, have highlighted a deep disagreement over the future American health care...
US poverty statistics ignore millions of struggling Americans
Sophie Mitra, Fordham University and Debra Brucker, University of New Hampshire
Who counts as poor in the U.S. today?
Measuring the share of the population that...
For millennials, employment is a public health challenge
Arif Jetha, University of Toronto
Millennials now make up the largest share of the Canadian workforce and many are facing precarious working conditions.
As a...
Short-term health plans: A junk solution to a real problem
Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia University
After failing to overturn most of the Affordable Care Act in a very public fight, President Donald Trump has...
Why Amazon and friends’ plan could be a major disrupter of...
span>J.B. Silvers, Case Western Reserve University
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase’s announcement that they will create an independent company to offer health care to...
How Obamacare changed the love lives of young adults
Joelle Abramowitz, University of Michigan
It seems that each week, a new development about the Affordable Care Act calls into question the future of health...
Why Medicaid matters to you
Sharona Hoffman, Case Western Reserve University
Efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare have been suspended for the time being, and many Americans are breathing a...
How Obamacare may morph into Medicaid
JB Silvers, Case Western Reserve University
The slow-motion consideration by Congress and the president to change the Affordable Care Act is likely to produce surprising...
EXPLORING NATURE
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...
Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...
