New Orleans This is the Chief Organizer, not Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, so let’s start by not pretending that the first two weeks of enrollment under the Affordable Care Act have been anything other than bad. They have been woeful. At the same time in my view none of the problems are fatal, all of …
Category: Health Care
Obama Right to Refuse to Negotiate with Himself
New Orleans For five years whenever I’ve been asked for advice from various national campaigns whether immigration reform or healthcare or living wages or whatever, when it’s come to how to move President Obama, I’ve always argued, don’t lobby, don’t email, don’t tweet, point all the heat you can generate directly at him. His record …
State Health Exchanges Could Create the Opportunity for Patient Power
New Orleans Very preliminary reports after the first two weeks of operation of the health marketplace exchanges indicate that state-based exchanges are starting to pick up traction, even as the federal run exchanges are still being delayed by online and other start-up challenges. Early indications are that significant demand is being fueled by the elimination …