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JAMA Forum: The Stark Choices Ahead on the Future of Health Care
Larry Levitt’s March 2012 post for the JAMA Forum is now online.
Column Read PostThe Individual Mandate: How Sweeping?
The so-called “individual mandate” – the provision under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires most individuals to carry a minimum level of insurance coverage and is now being considered by the Supreme Court – has emerged as the least popular element of the reform law and the prime target for…
Policy Insights Read PostPublic Opinion on the ACA: Cruising or Turbulent Ride?
Regular readers of the Kaiser Health Tracking poll know by now that public opinion on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been at a steady cruising altitude since it was signed into law on March 23, 2010, with a little over four in ten viewing the law favorably and a…
Policy Insights Read PostThe ACA and Fluoridation: The Power of Political Symbols
In the 1950s, water fluoridation became a public health controversy that morphed into a symbolic issue of larger proportions. For its opponents, fluoridation came to symbolize big government and even for some, a communist threat. The controversy became so odd that it was parodied in Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film “Dr.…
Policy Insights Read PostMarch Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: The ACA at Two Years; The Individual Mandate and the Supreme Court
As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) nears its second birthday, the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that public opinion on the law remains evenly split (41 percent favorable, 40 percent unfavorable) with sharp divisions along partisan lines, much as it has been since the law was passed.…
Policy Insights Read PostHealth Insurance Transparency under the Affordable Care Act
In February, a final rule was issued implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement that all health plans provide a uniform summary of coverage for all enrollees and applicants. The idea of providing easy-to-understand summaries of coverage is, in fact, the most popular provision in the ACA, according to a recent Kaiser…
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