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Healthcare Triage
How We Pay for Obamacare: Healthcare Triage #6
After we posted our video on "How Obamacare works" tons of commenters asked how Obamacare is paid for. Often, the question was NSFW. But you ask, we answer. In this episode, we will explain how much Obamacare costs, and what spending...
Mr. Beat
When Hobby Lobby Fought Obamacare | Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
In episode 84 of Supreme Court Briefs, Hobby Lobby sues the federal government because it doesn't want to pay health insurance premiums for its workers that covers birth control.
The Daily Conversation
The Major Accomplishments of President Barack Obama
An examination of President Barack Obama's achievements over his two terms in office.
The Daily Conversation
How America Changed Under Obama [A Data Analysis]
A data-driven look at how the U.S. changed under the presidency of Barack Obama.
Curated Video
'I Can't Retire - I Need Health Insurance' I Kiplinger
Health insurance is seen as a huge hurdle for early retirees, but the answer to finding affordable coverage could be simpler than you think.
Hip Hughes History
Why Did Trumpcare Fail? or Why They Killed the Bill
My own thoughts on why the American Health Care Act better known as Trumpcare or RyanCare. Why did it fail? How did trump error? TrumpCare Explained • The Bill That Was... ObamaCare Explained • ObamaCare: The Af... Learn about the...
Hip Hughes History
Killing ObamaCare: Explaining King vs Burwell
An overview of the current lawsuit being examined by the Supreme Court which could theoretically kill Obamacare.
Healthcare Triage
The Recent Executive Order Can't Fix Healthcare
The president recently signed an executive order on a handful of health care issues. Among other things, it points to protections for those with preexisting conditions. But does it do anything more than point at them? What exactly does...
Hip Hughes History
The Bill That Was Killed: Trumpcare Explained
An overview of the failed bill, Trumpcare, also known as Ryancare or the American Health Care Act, AHCA. A teacherly explanation of how the AHCA would have changed Obamacare.
Healthcare Triage
Election Results Impact the ACA, Medicaid Expansion, and Marijuana
Yesterday's election results have a lot of impact on health care in the United States. The new Democratic House of Representatives and the ACA, expansion of Medicaid in red states, and medical and recreational marijuana are all affected...
Healthcare Triage
How We Pay for Obamacare: Healthcare Triage #6
After we posted our video on "How Obamacare works" tons of commenters asked how Obamacare is paid for. Often, the question was NSFW. But you ask, we answer. In this episode, we will explain how much Obamacare costs, and what spending...
Healthcare Triage
Stopping the Obamacare Cost-Sharing is Going to Cost a LOT of Money
Last year, the Trump administration stopped making cost sharing payments to insurance companies who operate on the Obamacare exchanges, and all that saved government loot has now gone to increased subsidies. A recent court decision means...
Healthcare Triage
Last Chance for Exchange Plans, No CHIP Funding, AND a Tax Bill
There's a lot going on this week, and also a lot that's NOT happening. The ACA's health insurance exchanges are wrapping up the open enrollment window this week. If you need insurance, or want to shop around GO NOW and look for...
Healthcare Triage
An Update on the Affordable Care Act - Oct. 23, 2015
We missed a birthday for Healthcare Triage! On October 1, we turned two years old.
Healthcare Triage
It Turns Out, Medicare IS Socialized Medicine.
Florida Governor Rick Scott tries to scare voters by claiming that Democrats are going to undertake socialist experiments with Medicare, which is in itself a socialized medicine program. Also, a surprising entrant into the opioid...
Healthcare Triage
The Trump Admin is Back to Sabotaging Obamacare
Last week, we gave the Trump department of Health and Human Services some credit for approaching the administration Obamacare as honest brokers. This week, it's back to sabotaging the ACA.
Healthcare Triage
Ending Risk Adjustment Payments Will Further Undermine Obamacare
The Trump administration announced its intent to stop making risk adjustment payments to insurers on the ACA marketplaces.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Wendy Brown on Healthcare.
Neoliberalism, warns Professor Wendy Brown, has created a form of reasoning in which human beings are reduced to their economic value and activity, and in which all fields of human activity are treated as markets and institutions,...
Healthcare Triage
A Close Look at the Poorly Crafted Birth Control Rule
A couple of months ago, the Trump administration's Department of Health and Human Services created an exemption to the Affordable Care Act's requirement that employers cover birth control for their employees. Last week, a US District...
Healthcare Triage
New Year, New News: CHiP, taxes, and Obamacare
We're back, and it's 2018, y'all. Let's talk about what's happeing with CHiP, taxes and the individual mandate, and the Obamacare exchanges.
Healthcare Triage
Access to Insurance Doesn't Guarantee Access to Care
Many are still unhappy with Obamacare.The main intent of the Affordable Care Act was to expand the safety net (Medicaid), regulate the non-employer-based private insurance market (the insurance exchanges) and help people buy that...
Healthcare Triage
The ACA Insurance Exchanges Are Open! Go Get Insured!
While Obamacare is has been under legislative threat all year, it's still the law of the land, which means the exchanges are open for business for 2018. So if you don't get insurance through your employer or Medicare or the VA, you...
Healthcare Triage
The Trump Administration Has Many Options to Undermine Obamacare
While the Senate and the House haven't been very effective in passing repeal of Obamacare, the ACA's provisions are still at risk. There's a lot that Donald Trump's administration can do (or not do) to undermine Obamacare's provisions...
Healthcare Triage
ACA Risk Adjustment is out of Danger. For Now.
A few weeks ago, we were critical of the Trump administration's handling of ACA risk adjustment payments. We're fair-minded types around here, so we though you should know that they've taken steps to fix it.