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Reader Connects Health Rationing Argument To ‘Death With Dignity’
(Photography.mojado.com via Flickr/Creative Commons) The New York Times letter page carries a bounteous harvest of responses today to a provocative recent opinion piece titled “Beyond Obamacare” that...
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Snapshot Of Obama, Romney Care From Guys Who Were There
(Updated at 3:50 pm with additional material.) Let’s just get this out in the open: Jon Gruber has an agenda. He really likes President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Heck,...
View ArticleHomer Simpson On ObamaCare
Thanks to Sarah Kliff at Wonkblog for posting this great clip on Homer Simpson’s assessment of ObamaCare. (She also posted an excellent, vegetable-packed piece on how the ACA truly kicks in for...
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Politico: Mass. Democrats Stump For ‘Romneycare’ In Nevada
A shadow is cast as a stand-in for President Barack Obama speaks at the podium during a rehearsal for a debate at the University of Denver. (AP) Politico’s “Pulse” bulletin reports: MASS. DEMS...
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New Yorker: ‘Beware Of Romneycare’ Sums Up Candidate Contrast On Health Care
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (AP) When the New Yorker headlines this week’s financial column “Beware of Romneycare,” it’s not referring to the Massachusetts version, the near-universal health...
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Medicare Savings? Cadillac Plans? Fact-Checking Mass. Senate Race Claims
Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren speaks during a debate with Republican incumbent Sen. Scott Brown in Springfield. (Elise Amendola/AP) The sweeping federal health care law is a key point of...
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Chef Chang: Absorb Obamacare Costs And Do Right By Workers
Chef Joanne Chang WBUR’s Cognoscenti posts a column today by restaurateur and celebrity chef Joanne Chang that will surely be of wide interest to her food-industry colleagues around the country — and...
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Grill & Wings Owner Tacks On Obamacare Surcharge, HuffPo Reports
(RightBrainPhotography/flickr)File this one under: really, really insensitive boss. The Huffington Post reports that the owner of a Denny’s franchise in West Palm Beach is adding a new “Obamacare...
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When The Full Sticker Shock Of Health Coverage Hits Our Family
(Attercop311/ Flickr Creative Commons) As the new state Health Policy Commission begins its work to bring down health care costs, here’s one Massachusetts family’s reminder of why the issue is so...
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Health Affairs: Many Don’t Know They Can Get Preventive Care Free
Here’s my suggestion for holiday lights over the White House: Big neon letters that read: “You can now get lots of preventive care with no out-of-pocket costs!” Under the federal health reform known...
View ArticleFilm: Posted Calorie Counts Understate Truth
“Aha! I suspected as much!” That was my reaction upon viewing this charming and eye-opening new short film about testing the posted calories counts in New York City. More and more chain restaurants are...
View ArticleBestselling Books: Surviving, Beating, And Hating On Obamacare
Hmmm. My odd compulsion to read every single entry on The New York Times bestseller list every Sunday has turned up an interesting phenomenon in the “Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous” category. For two...
View ArticleActuaries: ObamaCare Will Hike Claims Cost 32 Percent (But Not In Mass.)
The Associated Press, delving courageously into actuarial data, reports here: Insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims on individual health policies...
View ArticleObamacare: Mass. As ‘One Good Kid’ In Class, Gets Detention For Others’ Sins
Yes, Massachusetts health reform was the model for Obamacare, but the kicking-in of the federal health care overhaul still affects the state in a myriad of ways — some helpful, some problematic. WBUR’s...
View ArticleMarried To Obamacare: The Soap Opera
Obamacare is hard. It’s a great big behemoth of a health care overhaul, packed with complex changes for a complex labyrinth of a system. No normal person could be expected to stay awake through the...
View ArticleDr. Tim Johnson Battles Obamacare Confusion In Podcast
The political fight over Obamacare is heating up yet again, with House Republicans threatening a government shutdown if their efforts to defund the sweeping federal health overhaul fail. And more...
View ArticleNo, Obamacare Doesn’t ‘Start’ Oct. 1, But Here’s What Changes
By Georgia Feuer Guest contributor “I heard the ACA is starting October 1st,” an acquaintance mentioned the other day. I was confused. The Affordable Care Act — better known as Obamacare — is a massive...
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What Obamacare Is Really About, From One Who Knows
I hate Obamacare. That is not a political statement; it’s a journalistic one. The complex, 800-plus-page law is an explanatory nightmare, and every time I think I really understand it, my clarity...
View ArticleDr. Tim Johnson’s Obamacare Podcast: The ‘Unbelievable Bumble’
As president, you know things are really getting bad when every humor outlet from The New Yorker’s Andy Borowitz (“Snowden Offers To Fix Healthcare.gov“) to The Onion (“New Improved Obamacare Program...
View ArticleDr. Tim Johnson’s ‘Truth About Obamacare:’ Is The Law Doomed?
“Tumultuous,” is how Dr. Timothy Johnson describes the recent roll-out of Obamacare in his latest podcast. (Click on the “play” arrow above right to listen.) And that’s not nearly strong enough, he...
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