Month: November 2019
Want New Taxes To Pay For Health Care? Lessons From The Affordable Care Act
When passing the ACA, Democrats touted the fact that they had included many measures to pay for the bill's expanded coverage. But nearly 10 years later, Congress has eliminated many of those taxes.
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The Health 202: Not sure about Medicare-for-all? Visit Canada.
Its public health insurance provides an example of where the U.S. could go.
Can technology fix the silent opioid crisis gripping US hospitals?
In February 2009, Lauren Lollini, a psychotherapist from Colorado, had a kidney stone removed at Rose Medical Center in Denver. It was a routine procedure, but for weeks after her surgery, Lollini experienced fl...
The Health 202: Elizabeth Warren is no longer a Medicare-for-all purist
Like the other candidates, she has softened her position on the issue.
Warren ‘fully committed’ to ‘Medicare for All’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a 2020 White House hopeful, reportedly said Saturday that she remains "fully committed" to "Medicare for All" after her implementation plan drew criticism."My commitment to Medicare...
How Elizabeth Warren Got to ‘Yes’ on Medicare for All
Health care had not been a driving issue for the Massachusetts senator. But the expansive $20.5 trillion package could come to define her candidacy anyway.
Warren tries to sell her Medicare-for-all shift to Iowa voters
At a town hall, Warren said her new plan would get more people insured faster.