ObamaCare is, of course, a neoliberal “market-based” “solution.” ObamaCare’s intellectual foundations were expressed most clearly in layperson’s language by none other than the greatest orator of our time, Obama, himself (2013): If you don’t have health insurance, then starting on October 1st, private plans will actually compete for your business, and you’ll be able to […]
Underinsurance Remains Big Problem Under Obama Health Law
The Affordable Care Act, like most health care reform efforts, focuses on people without insurance. That’s fine, because those people do face significant problems obtaining health care in the United States. But underinsurance is a real concern, too, and it’s often ignored. Before the A.C.A. was passed, underinsurance was prevalent. Of adults age 19-64 in […]
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year*
In 2008, a group of uninsured low-income adults in Oregon was selected by lottery to be given the chance to apply for Medicaid. This lottery provides an opportunity to gauge the effects of expanding access to public health insurance on the health care use, financial strain, and health of low-income adults using a randomized controlled […]
Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Medicare for All
A skirmish broke out recently between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders about the merits of single-payer health care, an idea that Mr. Sanders has long advocated.The candidates jousted about the financing of single-payer health care during theDemocratic debate Saturday night. The differences between the two candidates on single-payer health care paint Mrs. Clinton as more moderate and Mr. Sanders as […]
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