In the cover story for the new issue of dead-tree TIME that hits newsstands tomorrow, Kate and I, along with our colleague Alice Park, explore five elements to watch closely as policymakers translate the sweeping legislation that Barack Obama signed Tuesday into a real-world transformation of the health care system. Kate also explains how the [...]
Buried way back on A17 of the NYT, another reminder of how ugly it is out there: Arizona on Thursday became the first state to eliminate its Children’s Health Insurance Program when Gov. Jan Brewer signed an austere budget that will leave nearly 47,000 low-income children without coverage. The Arizona budget is a vivid reflection [...]
Okay, call it more of the same. But this story by David Hilzenrath (page A4 of the Washington Post) is an important reminder that it’s ugly out there, even for those of us lucky enough to have the very best coverage:
It’s not just California. AP reports that insurance companies in at least four states are raising their premiums for individual insurance policies (those that people have to buy themselves, because they don’t get coverage from an employer) by 15% or more. To give you a sense of what we are talking about if these rates [...]
That has been one of the hardest questions to answer, in part because everyone’s situation with regard to health care is so different. Today, the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Taxation Committee issued an analysis that is pretty dense to read, but suggests the Senate version of the bill would, overall, be a good [...]
