Several years ago, before Obamacare went into effect, I heard an interview with a woman whose brother had a serious medical condition and whose medical insurance had been canceled, though he had faithfully paid every premium and done nothing wrong. … Continue reading
Jimmy Kimmel has lately been urging Donald Trump supporters to sign up for health insurance through Trumpcare, which offers comprehensive coverage at affordable prices. Moreover, it’s insurance through private companies, not the government. A lot of Trump fans have taken … Continue reading
Today President Trump signed a new executive order that would, once fully implemented, allow a lot of people to obtain cheaper but lousier health insurance. (Actually, as you can see in this clip, he almost forgot to sign it, but … Continue reading
Apologies for two posts in a row about this (with a gap of time between them; I’ve been a bit ill), but it appears that Trump’s efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act are leading to a large jump in … Continue reading
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
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
Over the past few nights Jimmy Kimmel has had a lot of intelligent, well-informed, and sometimes funny things to say about the Cassidy-Graham healthcare bill, and the bill’s defenders have struck back with name-calling and falsehoods. Senator “John Kennedy” (R-Bizarro … Continue reading
You may recall that after Jimmy Kimmel’s newborn son nearly died in April, he talked tearfully about the experience when he was finally able to return to his show, and he added that nobody else’s child should die just because … Continue reading
In a town hall hosted by CNN on Monday (transcript here), Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan insisted, “Obamacare is collapsing. It is really — it is collapsing under its own weight” and “Obamacare is not working,” adding that … Continue reading
Indiana University pediatrics professor Aaron Carroll MD offers on of the clearest succinct descriptions I’ve seen of the Senate Republicans’ latest attempt at a bill to “repeal and replace Obamacare” as they like to call it. Link: https://youtu.be/xa4dLts5nVw Medical organizations, … Continue reading