Healthcare is a huge part of the economy and has been a huge public policy issue and political problem for many years. After the election of 2016 the expectation was that full Republican control of government would lead to the repeal of Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) that the party had been championing since immediately after it became law. As of now that still hasn’t happened, though it is being dismantled in pieces and its future is very uncertain. I have long read the articles I come across on the topic, but in late 2016 I started saving the ones I thought offered some valuable insight into the topic. Here is that collection. Many articles are focused on the ACA but most either look at it with a wider lens that can provide valuable insights into the underlying policy issues that need to be addressed regardless of any specific proposal. I have tried to avoid overtly partisan or biased articles, but as I have long held, the presence of some bias doesn’t necessarily mean an article is without merit so that has been my primary filter.
- The Spectacular Fall and Fix of HealthCare.gov
The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare for short, had three goals: make health insurance available, required, and affordable for everyone. There was just one problem—the launch of the Healthcare.gov website was a complete failure. Professor Len Schlesinger delves into the enormous challenges involved with building, launching, and fixing Healthcare.gov, and how those administrative trials and triumphs are instructive for any managerial setting.
Brian Kenny, Oct 20, 2016 - Under President-elect Trump, these policies could replace Obamacare
Shefali Luthra, Nov 10, 2016 - Better Off Before Obamacare?
Before the law, which Trump has said he would repeal, health insurance was cheaper for a few, but outright unattainable for many.
Olga Khazan, Nov 14, 2016 - Improve the Affordable Care Act, Don’t Repeal It
John S. Toussaint, November 16, 2016 - Why Obamacare enrollees voted for Trump
In Whitley County, Kentucky, the uninsured rate declined 60 percent under Obamacare. So why did 82 percent of voters there support Donald Trump?
Sarah Kliff, Dec 13, 2016 - If Not Obamacare, Then What?
Trump supporters in southern Pennsylvania say the Affordable Care Act has been a letdown. Here’s what they’d like instead.
Olga Khazan Dec 20, 2016 - Vowing to jettison Obamacare, Republicans face immediate resistance and risks
Julie Rovner, Jan 04, 2017 - Will Blue-Collar Whites Change Their Minds About Obamacare?
These voters overwhelmingly oppose the Affordable Care Act. Yet millions of them have gained health-care coverage under the law.
Ronald Brownstein Jan 5, 2017 - The Health Care Plan Trump Voters Really Want
Drew Altman, Jan. 5, 2017 - Under the ACA, the Cost of Caring for the Uninsured Decreased for Hospitals The benefit has come only in states that expanded Medicaid.
Based on the research of David Dranove, Craig Garthwaite and Christopher Ody, Jan 05, 2017 - The ‘Delicate Dance’ of Replacing Obamacare
Drexel University’s Robert Field and UT-Austin’s Robert Town discuss efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Jan 05, 2017 - Some Republicans Try to Head Off a Health Care Calamity
The Editorial Board, Jan. 11, 2017 - Seven Questions About Health Reform
Harold Pollack and Timothy S. Jost, Jan 10, 2017 - These 20 Conditions Reportedly Account for the Bulk of US Healthcare Spending
January 9, 2017 - Block grants are the heart of GOP’s Medicaid plans. Here’s how they work
Shefali Luthra, Jan 25, 2017 - Dude Who Doesn’t Realize He’s On ObamacareGets Roasted But Won’t Have Insurance to Treat Burns
- Obamacare vs. Affordable Care Act #1
- Obamacare vs. Affordable Care Act #2
- Republican states look to tweak Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, not eliminate it
Christine Vestal, Jan 23, 2017 - GOP: Shop Around for Surgery
For people sick of high deductibles, Republicans offer high-deductible plans as replacements for Obamacare.
Olga Khazan, Jan 24, 2017 - Leaked audio reveals Republicans are in utter disarray on Obamacare repeal
Note: be sure to watch the video at the end of the article
Andrew Prokop, Jan 27, 2017 - S. Health Care Reform Will Require Politicians to Change Their Attitude
Eric J. McNulty, February 02, 2017 - O.P. Campaign to Repeal Obamacare Stalls on the Details
Robert Pear And Reed Abelson, Feb. 2, 2017 - Grading Obamacare: Successes, Failures and ‘Incompletes’
Margot Sanger-Katz, Feb 05, 2017 - Does this Obamacare experiment offer significant savings?
Feb 06, 2017 - After Obama, Some Health Reforms May Prove Lasting
Abby Goodnough and Robert Pear, Jan. 2, 2017 - One-Third Don’t Know Obamacare and Affordable Care Act Are the Same
Kyle Dropp And Brendan Nyhan, Feb. 7, 2017 - Research: Perhaps Market Forces Do Work in Health Care After All
Amitabh Chandra, Amy Finkelstein, Adam Sacarny, Chad Syverson, December 05, 2016 - Incremental Fixes Won’t Save the U.S. Health Care System
Terry Stone, December 06, 2016 - Why Did People on Medicaid Vote for Trump?
A new report explores why those who benefitted from Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion supported the man who promised to reverse it.
Olga Khazan Feb 23, 2017 - Republicans Want You in a Health Savings Account. So Now What?
Ron Lieber, Feb. 24, 2017 - Five takeaways from the leaked Republican bill to repeal Obamacare
Dylan Scott, Feb 26, 2017 - The Five Biggest Hurdles for Republicans Replacing Obamacare
Several critical policy questions remain unanswered about the emerging GOP plan: How much will it cost? How will they pay for it? How many people will be covered? And what will happen to the parts of the current law that people like the most?
Russell Berman Feb 27, 2017 - Hospitals worry an ACA repeal could harm their financial health
Feb 27, 2017 - How a GOP Health-Care Plan Could Leave Rural Areas Devoid of Coverage
Leaked draft legislation of a Republican Obamacare replacement shows a policy that might leave many Americans even farther behind.
Vann R. Newkirk II Feb 28, 2017 - Obamacare: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- How this Vermont experiment improves patient health at lower cost
Michael Ollove, March 2, 2017 - The Republican Health Care Plan: Do the Promises Add Up?
Drexel’s Robert Field and Katherine Hempstead from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation discuss the Republican plan to replace the ACA
Feb 21, 2017 - No affordable health insurance options? This could happen.
Tom Murphy and Meghan Hoyer, Mar 6, 2017 - A Mandate, in Other Words
The proposed health-care bill has a different name for penalizing uninsured people.
James Hamblin, Mar 7, 2017 - Everything you need to know about the new GOP health care bill
Lisa Desjardins, March 7, 2017 - Health Groups Denounce G.O.P. Bill as Its Backers Scramble
Abby Goodnough, Robert Pear and Thomas Kaplan, March 8, 2017 - American Health Care Act: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- ACA component saved Medicare $345 per person
Allison Hydzik – Pittsburgh, March 13th, 2017 - Redesigning Care for High-Cost, High-Risk Patients
Zubin J. Eapen, February 2017 - Beyond the top-line numbers, what else was in CBO’s report on new health care bill?
Lisa Desjardins, March 15, 2017 - The Fake Freedom of American Health Care
Anu Partanen, March 18, 2017 - How Trump Can Fix Health Care
Benjamin Domenech, March 21, 2017 - Americans Prefer Their Employers, Not the Government, to Provide Health Benefits
People want more medical leave, but like other perks, they prefer for it to come from companies.
Olga Khazan, Mar 23, 2017 - Where Both the ACA and AHCA Fall Short, and What the Health Insurance Market Really Needs
David Blumenthal, March 2017 - ‘Hello, Bob’: President Trump called my cellphone to say that the health-care bill was dead
Robert Costa, March 24 2017 - Unspeakable Realities Block Universal Health Coverage In America
Chris Ladd, Mar 13, 207 - What Comes Next for Obamacare? The Case for Medicare for All
Robert H. Frank, March 24, 2017 - How a secret Freedom Caucus pact brought down Obamacare repeal
Rachael Bade, Josh Dawsey and Jennifer Haberkorn, Mar 26, 2017 - How healthy are the Affordable Care Act marketplaces?
Mar 27, 2017 - Pushing Obamacare Over the Cliff
Steven Rattner, Mar 28, 2017 - Government Paid for Poor Citizens’ Health Care Some 300 Years Before Obamacare
The British colonists brought taxpayer-funded services with them to North America. For centuries after, government’s role in serving the needy wasn’t questioned.
Gabriel Loiacono, Apr 2, 2017 - Why the U.S. pays more for health care than the rest of the world
Apr 27, 2017 - 8 Ways the Health Care Bill Is Hazardous to Your Health
David Frank, May 2, 2017 - How the Obamacare Repeal Could Cost Republicans the House
The House’s passage of its new health-care bill is an immediate win for Trump. But he’s not thinking ahead, argues David Frum. According to a recent Pew survey, 60 percent of Americans believe it is the responsibility of the federal government to provide health care for all. The Obamacare repeal may cost the Republicans their majority in the 2018 midterms.
David Frum, May 04, 2017 - Trump just said Australia’s universal health care is “better” than the US system
Zeeshan Aleem, May 05, 2017 - All the Lessons Republicans Didn’t Learn From Democrats on Health Care
From making unrealistic promises to striking back-room deals, the GOP is repeating the same mistakes in trying to repeal Obamacare that they criticized when it was enacted.
Russell Berman May 6, 2017 - Forget Taxes, Warren Buffett Says. The Real Problem Is Health Care.
Andrew Ross Sorkin, May 8, 2017 - How Behavioral Economics Could Solve America’s Health Care Woes
Wharton’s Kevin Volpp discusses how behavioral economics principles could be used to fix health care.
May 12, 2017 - How Maine got high-risk pools to work
Patty Wight, May 17, 2017 - Is Canada the Right Model for a Better U.S. Health Care System?
May 19, 2017 - How We Spend $3,400,000,000,000
Why more than half of America’s healthcare spending goes to five percent of patients
R. Reid, Jun 15, 2017 - How Did Health Care Get to Be Such a Mess?
Christy Ford Chapin, June 19, 2017 - Conservatives are targeting the wrong things to bring down health care costs, says hospital system CEO
Jun 26, 2017 - The G.O.P. Rejects Conservatism
David Brooks, Jun 27, 2017 - How the Obamacare Repeal Could Cost Republicans the House
The House’s passage of its new health-care bill is an immediate win for Trump. But he’s not thinking ahead, argues David Frum. According to a recent Pew survey, 60 percent of Americans believe it is the responsibility of the federal government to provide health care for all. The Obamacare repeal may cost the Republicans their majority in the 2018 midterms.
David Frum, May 04, 2017 - Twelve Innovative Ideas for Fixing American Health Care
The challenge of providing affordable, high-quality health care for all Americans is the subject of furious debate in the nation’s capital. University of Pennsylvania’s Ezekiel Emanuel, chair of the medical ethics and health policy department and a health care management professor at Wharton, helped craft the Affordable Care Act during the Obama administration. He puts forward some ideas for improving the system in his book, Prescription for the Future: The Twelve Transformational Practices of Highly Effective Medical Organizations. The book is aimed mainly at practitioners and professionals in the health care system to spark ideas about providing better care at a lower cost. Emanuel recently joined the Knowledge@Wharton show, which airs on SiriusXM channel 111, to talk about the findings in his book.
Ezekiel Emanuel, Jun 22, 2017 - More Money, More Problems: How Profit Hijacked U.S. Health Care
The cost of health care in the United States is spiraling upward while politicians continue to bicker over how to fix a broken system. Elisabeth Rosenthal has a sweeping view of the problem because she has seen it from all sides. Rosenthal is a Harvard Medical School graduate who practiced emergency medicine before becoming a journalist. She covered health care and other topics for The New York Times for more than 20 years before being named editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News. Rosenthal has put her breadth of knowledge and experience into a book titled An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back. She joined Knowledge@Wharton’s SiriusXM show to shine a light on the murky business model of health.
Elisabeth Rosenthal, Jun 02, 2017 - How Republicans Can Fix American Health Care
The bills before Congress get it wrong—what’s needed is incremental reform in a conservative direction.
David Frum, Jun 30, 2017 - The Super-Users of America’s Health-Care System
In a given year, just 5 percent of the U.S. population is responsible for 50 percent of the nation’s medical spending. So who are these “super-users?” In this animation by Yukai Du we explore this incredibly diverse, constantly changing population and the efforts to address their enormous expenditures.
Yukai Du, Nicolas Pollock, Andrew McGill, Jul 01, 2017 - Why the Obamacare Repeal Effort Will Not Die, No Matter What
People will continue to vote enthusiastically for the party that will strip them of their health care so long as that party promises to turn back the clock.
Neal Gabler, June 28, 2017 - Why Single-Payer Health Care Saves Money
Robert H. Frank, July 7, 2017 - Which Party Was More Secretive in Working on Its Health Care Plan?
Audrey Carlsen and Haeyoun Park, July 10, 2017 - What’s Actually Wrong With the U.S. Health System
A new report shows why American health care performs so poorly compared to its rivals—and suggests the Obamacare replacement proposals aren’t the way to fix it.
Olga Khazan, Jul 14, 2017 - These Americans Hated the Health Law. Until the Idea of Repeal Sank In.
Kate Zernike and Abby Goodnough, July 20, 2017 - Is the U.S. Ready for a Single-Payer Health Care System?
Sandro Galea, July 2017 - The Real Reason Trump’s Obamacare Repeal Push Failed
Trump’s failure in health care wasn’t tactical. It was that he refused to acknowledge or redress the fundamental issues.
David Frum, Aug 1, 2017 - Are You Sure You Want Single Payer?
“Medicare for all” is a popular idea, but for Americans, transitioning to such a system would be difficult, to say the least.
Olga Khazan, Aug 21, 2017 - Here’s what happened when a Republican senator challenged a Canadian doctor on their single-payer health care system.
- Trump’s Threats on Health Law Hide an Upside: Gains Made by Some Insurers
Reed Abelson, Aug. 26, 2017 - Minnesota Finds a Way to Slow Soaring Health Premiums
Robert Pear, Sept. 2, 2017 - Column: Here’s what’s wrong with the U.S. health care system
John Komlos, Sep 22, 2017 - Trump to Scrap Critical Health Care Subsidies, Hitting Obamacare Again
Robert Pear, Maggie Haberman and Reed Abelson, Oct. 12, 2017 - Trump’s Assault on Obamacare Could Revive a Deal in Congress
A pair of lawmakers are nearing a bipartisan agreement on health care, but it’s not the one the president wants.
Russell Berman, Oct 13, 2017 - Trump is ending the Obamacare subsidy payments to health insurers. Here’s who ends up paying
Oct 13, 2017 - Could Trump inadvertently breathe life into Obamacare?
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Oct 19, 2017 - How to Persuade the Young and the Healthy to Sign Up for Health Insurance
Samyukta Mullangi, January, 2018 - Why Trump’s new insurance proposal may put essential health benefits at risk
Laura Santhanam, Feb 22, 2018 - The stupidity of Trumpcare: Government will spend $33 billion more to cover 8.9 million fewer Americans, as premiums soar
Michael Hiltzik, Feb 26, 2018
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