Instructional Video6:39
Healthcare Triage

How We Pay for Obamacare: Healthcare Triage #6

Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video6:30
Mr. Beat

When Hobby Lobby Fought Obamacare | Burwell v. Hobby Lobby

6th - 12th
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.
Instructional Video6:20
The Daily Conversation

The Major Accomplishments of President Barack Obama

6th - Higher Ed
An examination of President Barack Obama's achievements over his two terms in office.
Instructional Video5:22
The Daily Conversation

How America Changed Under Obama [A Data Analysis]

6th - Higher Ed
A data-driven look at how the U.S. changed under the presidency of Barack Obama.
Instructional Video2:39
Curated Video

'I Can't Retire - I Need Health Insurance' I Kiplinger

9th - Higher Ed
Health insurance is seen as a huge hurdle for early retirees, but the answer to finding affordable coverage could be simpler than you think.
Instructional Video9:54
Hip Hughes History

Why Did Trumpcare Fail? or Why They Killed the Bill

6th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video7:56
Hip Hughes History

Killing ObamaCare: Explaining King vs Burwell

6th - 12th
An overview of the current lawsuit being examined by the Supreme Court which could theoretically kill Obamacare.
Instructional Video5:22
Healthcare Triage

The Recent Executive Order Can't Fix Healthcare

Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video13:29
Hip Hughes History

The Bill That Was Killed: Trumpcare Explained

6th - 12th
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.
Instructional Video2:38
Healthcare Triage

Election Results Impact the ACA, Medicaid Expansion, and Marijuana

Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video6:47
Healthcare Triage

How We Pay for Obamacare: Healthcare Triage #6

Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video4:31
Healthcare Triage

Stopping the Obamacare Cost-Sharing is Going to Cost a LOT of Money

Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video3:21
Healthcare Triage

Last Chance for Exchange Plans, No CHIP Funding, AND a Tax Bill

Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video3:53
Healthcare Triage

An Update on the Affordable Care Act - Oct. 23, 2015

Higher Ed
We missed a birthday for Healthcare Triage! On October 1, we turned two years old.
Instructional Video2:52
Healthcare Triage

It Turns Out, Medicare IS Socialized Medicine.

Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video3:13
Healthcare Triage

The Trump Admin is Back to Sabotaging Obamacare

Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video3:03
Healthcare Triage

Ending Risk Adjustment Payments Will Further Undermine Obamacare

Higher Ed
The Trump administration announced its intent to stop making risk adjustment payments to insurers on the ACA marketplaces.
Instructional Video5:28
Institute for New Economic Thinking

Wendy Brown on Healthcare.

Higher Ed
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,...
Instructional Video5:43
Healthcare Triage

A Close Look at the Poorly Crafted Birth Control Rule

Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video2:57
Healthcare Triage

New Year, New News: CHiP, taxes, and Obamacare

Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video5:07
Healthcare Triage

Access to Insurance Doesn't Guarantee Access to Care

Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video2:59
Healthcare Triage

The ACA Insurance Exchanges Are Open! Go Get Insured!

Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video3:11
Healthcare Triage

The Trump Administration Has Many Options to Undermine Obamacare

Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video3:27
Healthcare Triage

ACA Risk Adjustment is out of Danger. For Now.

Higher Ed
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.