Just how big a problem are medical bankruptcies? For someone going through one, it's devastating. And it happens far more often than you might think.
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Health care, immigration and trade have been hot topics during the campaign and are likely to come up during the fifth Democratic debate.
There's a very simple way to give Medicare to all: delete six words from the legislation that created the program in 1965.
Sen. Warren said the filibuster stands in the way of gun reform. It does, and so much more.
Nearly 160 million Americans get insurance through employers, but that does not mean it's good social policy. An economist explains some aspects of employer-sponsored insurance that don't work well.
The winner will set the course of America for years to come.
Presidential candidates have been proposing plans to expand health coverage, lower prescription drug costs and make hospital bills more transparent. But few get to the real problem. Here's why.
As candidates propose ways to provide health insurance for more people, it's important to know that some proposals could have unexpected consequences, including potential closure of public hospitals.
In the wake of a judge’s ruling that Medicaid work requirements in two states are not legal, questions remain. The most pressing ones are about how to help low-income people, not punish them.
Obamacare, while highly controversial, has been a tough law to kill. The efforts of a federal district judge in Texas had seemed yet another ineffective assault. Then came the DOJ's actions Monday.
If a person in the US has lots of money, he or she has access to some of the best health care in the world. The story is very different for poor people and minorities.
A judge in Texas ruled Dec. 14 that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. His ruling has no immediate effect, however, except to signal more perils ahead for the health care law.
Universal Coverage Day came only three days shy of the deadline for open enrollment in the US. Why are much smaller, less wealthy countries such as Thailand pushing forward while the US is not?
Democracies survive if political norms and traditions are upheld. So the recent actions of GOP legislators in Wisconsin and other states to hamstring incoming Democrats put democracy at risk.
The campaign trail has been filled with talk about health care coverage, especially pre-existing conditions. While it may sound like both parties are on the same page, their ideas dramatically differ.
The Trump administration's latest effort to undermine the Affordable Care Act is the expansion of short-term insurance plans. But these shorter plans are also short on real benefits.
A routine childbirth proves expensive and complicated. Insurance company adjustments, inconsistent billing and mystery costs flummoxed even a health policy expert and his wife, a teacher.
Stripping away preexisting conditions coverage would have far-reaching effects, but 50- to 64-year-olds are most vulnerable. Ignoring medical issues at that age could mean sicker oldsters later on.
Efforts to undo Obamacare went far beyond grass-roots activities, with new research showing that contributions by businesses were significant. Does this signal a change in the political process?
The Affordable Care Act has been under siege since it became law eight years ago. What impact will the latest lawsuit against it have?
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Penn State
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Professor of Health Finance, Weatherhead School of Management & School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
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Quintiles Professor of Pharmaceutical Development and Regulatory Innovation, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
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The Lee and Brena Freeman Professor at the University of Chicago Law School and Professor at the Pritzker School of Medicine., University of Chicago
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Associate Professor of Health Law, West Virginia University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, The Open University
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Associate Professor of Law, Washington University in St Louis
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Law, Drake University
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Dean and Professor of Law, Emory University
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Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University in St Louis
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Visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins University and Assistant Professor of History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Public Health Practice, Harvard University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Merced
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Director of Center for Health Services Reseach, Associate Professor, Georgia State University
