Jonathan Cohn
Conservative critics of Medicaid argue that the program doesn’t actually help beneficiaries. A new study offers empiracle evidence to the contrary. Jul 07, 2011
Brian Klepper, PhD, and David C. Kibbe, MD, MBA
Federal officials had hoped a multitude of doctors and hospitals would adopt electronic health records in 2011. But, in reality, the number of physicians using EHRs won’t likely move beyond the current 20 percent to 25 percent rate. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. Jul 07, 2011
J. Donald Schumacher
This letter was written in response to Jordan Rau's story, Concerns About Costs Rise With Hopices' Use, which was published by Kaiser Health News and the New York Times on June 27. Jul 05, 2011
Judy Feder and John Holahan
June 30 was the day when Medicaid's enhanced federal matching rates expires, leaving states struggling to sustain health care's safety net. A sensible solution would be for Congress to simply extend the supplemental funds. Jun 30, 2011
Michael L. Millenson
Two experts want to change hospital care in a way that may well rank as both the most commonsensical and most hopeless health reform proposal ever. Jun 28, 2011
Michael F. Cannon
The month of June has been a tough one for Obamacare. With a variety of reports questioning a range of its provisions, one must wonder how many more months like this it can endure before it becomes a former law? Jun 27, 2011
Jonathan Cohn
It’s a good sign – politically -- for President Barack Obama that the report’s findings about the health law’s likely impact on employer-sponsored health insurance don’t hold up. But it also triggers another question: Is work-based insurance actually worth preserving? Jun 23, 2011
Ken Lewis
The author is responding to recent coverage of the Blue Shield Of California announcement that it will cap its profits. Jun 22, 2011
Peter Long, PhD, and Ian Morrison
For health reform to truly take root, we should take our cue from the millions of low-income Californians who have the most at stake – and let their expectations inform implementation. Jun 19, 2011
Paul Howard and Stephen T. Parente
The House of Representatives voted last month to repeal funding for the state health-insurance exchanges. The vote reflects a grassroots revolt. But a better approach might be to rally around the original tenets of the health exchange model. Jun 15, 2011