Celebrations of the success of the Affordable Care Act have to be tempered by the knowledge that it leaves too many uninsured, that health care

Obamacare's Other Success, Under ThreatBy Editorial BoardBloomberg View, July 20, 2016Obamacare has made great strides toward its signature goal: to reduce the number of Americans

Covered California Health Plan Rates To Jump 13.2 Percent In 2017By Chad Terhune and Pauline BartoloneKaiser Health News, July 19, 2016California’s Obamacare premiums will jump

California has been a leader in establishing and implementing the health insurance exchanges authorized by the Affordable Care Act. Although they did hold down premium

2016 Republican PlatformRestoring Patient Control and Preserving Quality in HealthcarePolitical party platforms are typically loaded with rhetoric designed to fire up the political base, and,

Political party platforms are typically loaded with rhetoric designed to fire up the political base, and, as such, are often not taken seriously. But piercing

NHS – on life supportBy Alex Scott-SamuelPolitics of Health Group POHG Blog, July 17, 2016I want to give a broad political overview of what’s happening

The phased privatization of England’s National Health Service is taking a toll in undermining “the cohesive public ethos of the NHS.” This brief description by

Physicians celebrated the passage of MACRA because it brought the end to the despised SGR method of making adjustments to Medicare payment rates. The legislation

Holy MACRA! Half of docs have never heard of Medicare payment reformBy Dave BarkholzModern Healthcare, July 14, 2016Half of non-pediatric physicians have never heard of

National Health Expenditure Projections, 2015–25: Economy, Prices, And Aging Expected To Shape Spending And EnrollmentBy Sean P. Keehan, John A. Poisal, Gigi A. Cuckler, Andrea

The Great Recession has contributed to slowing of the growth in health care spending in recent years, but the future changes are predicted to be