Social Insurance: Americaās Neglected Heritage and Contested FutureBy Theodore R. Marmor, Jerry L. Mashaw and John Pakutka(Published by CQ Press, October 15, 2013))Social insurance defines
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“Social Insurance” – what you need to know
Social Insurance: Americaās Neglected Heritage and Contested Future
By Theodore R. Marmor, Jerry L. Mashaw and John Pakutka
(Published by CQ Press, October 15, 2013))
The United States
Medicaid patients did improve in the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
New Medicaid Enrollees In Oregon Report Health Care Successes And ChallengesBy Heidi Allen, Bill J. Wright and Katherine BaickerHealth Affairs, February 2014In 2008 Oregon used
Medicaid patients did improve in the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
New Medicaid Enrollees In Oregon Report Health Care Successes And Challenges
By Heidi Allen, Bill J. Wright and Katherine Baicker
Health Affairs, February 2014
In 2008 Oregon used
Misleading reports on ACO savings
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Was the ACA ‘politically feasible’?
The group that got health care passed is packing up and going homeBy Harold PollackThe Washington Post, January 5, 2014Harold Pollack: [S]ingle-payer folks ... might
State Medicaid opt-out will cost over 7,000 lives, maybe 17,000
Opting Out Of Medicaid Expansion: The Health And Financial ImpactsBy Sam Dickman, David Himmelstein, Danny McCormick, and Steffie WoolhandlerHealth Affairs Blog, January 30, 2014Apparently for
State Medicaid opt-out will cost over 7,000 lives, maybe 17,000
Opting Out Of Medicaid Expansion: The Health And Financial Impacts
By Sam Dickman, David Himmelstein, Danny McCormick, and Steffie Woolhandler
Health Affairs Blog, January 30, 2014
The Affordable
Republican “Replace” proposal
Dr. Coburn Unveils Obamacare Replayment - Patient CARE Act - with Senators Burr and HatchSenator Tom CoburnJanuary 27, 2014The Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment
Republican “Replace” proposal
Dr. Coburn Unveils Obamacare Replayment - Patient CARE Act - with Senators Burr and Hatch
Senator Tom Coburn
January 27, 2014
Today, U.S. Senators Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Tom
One uninsured member in family can cause hardship for all
Financial Burden of Medical Care: A Family PerspectiveBy Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D., and Whitney K. Kirzinger, M.P.H.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for
One uninsured member in family can cause hardship for all
Financial Burden of Medical Care: A Family Perspective
By Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D., and Whitney K. Kirzinger, M.P.H.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for