SCOTUS and Obamacare: Mandate semantics
THE Supreme Court's ruling that the health-insurance mandate is constitutional because it differs from a tax only in a pointless semantic sense is a bitter defeat for those of us who love pointless...
View ArticleObamacare repeal: Filibustering for guaranteed issue
EZRA KLEIN argues that if Mitt Romney wins the election, he'll have a moral responsibility to follow through on his pledge to repeal Obamacare. I think this is true, and that the ability of Senate...
View ArticleThe future of health care: Federalising Medicaid
ACCORDING to the Hill, at least 15 governors, nearly all Republicans and empowered by the Supreme Court's ruling, have indicated that they will reject federal money to expand Medicaid in their states....
View ArticleThe future of Medicaid: Run for cover
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Banksters Fly Title: The future of Medicaid Rubric: The Supreme Court’s ruling has grave implications for the poor Location: NEW YORK Main image:...
View ArticleDaily chart: Medicaid nation
Where in America do the fewest people have health insurance?THE Supreme Court upheld much of Barack Obama’s health reform in June, but struck down an important part. Mr Obama wanted to expand Medicaid,...
View ArticleAsian welfare states: New cradles to graves
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Asia’s next revolution Fly Title: Asian welfare states Rubric: The welfare state is flowering in Asia. Will it free the continent from squalor? Or sink it...
View ArticleHealth and development: Now the hard part
More of the world’s children are living past the age of five, according to new data announced on September 13th. The World Health Organisation, UNICEF and other partners said that disease and birth...
View ArticleHealth care: Election fever
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Everything to play for Fly Title: Health care Rubric: Health care defined Barack Obama’s first term. It may determine whether he wins a second Main image:...
View ArticleTaxes, spending and the deficit: Trillion-dollar questions
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Everything to play for Fly Title: Taxes, spending and the deficit Rubric: With the deficit at over $1 trillion for a fourth year running, taxes and...
View ArticleHealth care: You didn't pay for it
I RECENTLY came across a political ad which featured an elderly man telling politicians to stay away from his Medicare. After all, he paid for it, the ad suggested. That struck me as...
View ArticleInternational: India can show the way on health
UK Only Article: standard article Fly Title: International Rubric: Innovative thinking can bring health care to the uninsured billions, argues Devi Shetty, founder and chairman, Narayana...
View ArticleHealth-care reform: The 12-month countdown
JANUARY 1st 2014 seemed far away when Barack Obama signed his health law back in 2010. That is the day when the law’s main parts will take effect, including the mandate to buy insurance and the...
View ArticleHealth-care reform: The 12-month countdown
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: America’s European moment Fly Title: Health-care reform Rubric: Barack Obama’s health-care law is supposed to be in full effect in 2014. Implementing it...
View ArticleHealth-care spending: The temporary calm
A POLITICAL frenzy over health care consumed much of Barack Obama’s first term. By another important measure, health care was in a lull. America’s health spending in 2009 grew by 3.9%, the slowest...
View ArticleHealth insurance in America: The insured and the unsure
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: The gambler Fly Title: Health insurance in America Rubric: Will Obamacare spur firms to drop workers’ health cover? Location: NEW YORK Main image: Am I...
View ArticleObamacare: Health insurance disproportionately benefits sick people
OF ALL the Slate-worthy pitches on all the websites in the world, Ben Smith's had to walk into my RSS feed:Obama Prepares To Screw His BaseYoung people reelected the president. Now they get to pay...
View ArticleObamacare: Swiss miss
DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN and Avik Roy have penned an op-ed arguing that America should reform Obamacare so that it more closely resembles the Swiss private-sector universal health-insurance system. We...
View ArticleHealth care: An offer they can’t refuse
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Send in the clowns Fly Title: Health care Rubric: More governors will expand Medicaid. Now they must improve it Main image: Rick Scott changes his mind...
View ArticleFiscal policy: What is Paul Ryan doing?
PAUL RYAN has released a budget proposal. That's what Paul Ryan does. The nagging question is why. His latest is much like his last, except that the new plan, which Mr Ryan has dubbed "The Path to...
View ArticleBudgets and Congress: Opening bids
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: The America that works Fly Title: Budgets and Congress Rubric: Congress finally restarts the budget process but the gaps are daunting Location:...
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