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No, the opioid epidemic isn't Medicaid's fault

Posted on 2017-10-11 by GaryOctober 11, 2017
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One of the nuttier recent political notions is that addiction to opioid pain relievers and related drugs can be blamed on Medicaid, and more specifically the Medicaid expansion introduced by the Affordable Care Act. It seems somewhat plausible, I supposed, … Continue reading →

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Medicaid helps children even years later

Posted on 2017-01-18 by GaryJanuary 20, 2017
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Pediatrician Aaron Carroll summarizes recent research showing the Medicaid benefits for children end up saving the federal government money. How is that possible? Because children who had health insurance through Medicare grow up healthier and are less likely to be … Continue reading →

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Is Medicaid a better deal than we think?

Posted on 2016-10-21 by GaryOctober 21, 2016
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Pediatrician, writer, and medical school professor Aaron Carroll MD discusses the evidence that Medicaid has a large positive return on investment. Link: https://youtu.be/vx1-X9wpUk4 If you're still young and healthy -- just you wait -- you might be among the people … Continue reading →

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Trump is still undermining Obamacare

Posted on 2017-10-03 by GaryOctober 3, 2017
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I'm sorry to keep harping on this, but the Trump administration is still doing what it can to damage the Affordable Care Act at a major cost to people who need health insurance, and so far the news media have … Continue reading →

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How much more might people with pre-existing conditions pay for health insurance?

Posted on 2017-09-27 by GarySeptember 26, 2017
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Even though it currently appears that the Cassidy-Graham bill won't pass, it seems to me that there's a point worth making about how putting people with pre-existing conditions into a separate risk pool might affect their insurance premiums. Not long … Continue reading →

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The facts on Cassidy-Graham and pre-existing conditions

Posted on 2017-09-25 by GarySeptember 25, 2017
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Update: The just-released revised version of the Cassidy-Graham bill makes it even easier for states to do away with protections for people with pre-existing conditions, apparently in a vain effort to get support from Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. Just … Continue reading →

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How the Trump administration is still trying to sabotage Obamacare

Posted on 2017-09-02 by GarySeptember 2, 2017
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On July 18, as Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act failed in the Senate, President Trump declared at the White House that the new plan was to "let Obamacare fail." But it isn't likely to fail on its … Continue reading →

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Governors of both parties oppose repealing Obamacare

Posted on 2017-07-18 by GaryJuly 18, 2017
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Despite the fact that the Senate GOP's healthcare plan is dead in the water, the following is still relevant. The Republican leadership still plans to vote on a straight repeal of the Affordable Care Act (with the actual effect possibly … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Triage on the Senate healthcare bill

Posted on 2017-07-09 by GaryJuly 9, 2017
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Here's Dr Aaron Carroll's five-minute summary of the latest publicly released version of the Senate's proposed healthcare changes. Link: https://youtu.be/IwJ8wkZ0EcQ If you've been keeping up with this, you're probably already familiar with most of the bad news. Costs would rise … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Kimmel on his son's illness

Posted on 2017-05-04 by GaryMay 4, 2017
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Odds are you've already seen this, but I'm putting it here anyway in case you might not have. It's from the May 1 broadcast of his late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live in which he described what happened to … Continue reading →

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