Category: Jon Cohn
View: About that McKinsey report… The critics were right
Survey that found that the new health reform law would lead one in three employers to drop worker coverage was poorly done, critics say.
View: Ryan Plan–an attempt to reduce health care spending, but at a high cost
On paper, the Ryan plan saves the government a lot of money, at least in the long run. But upon closer inspection, the savings turn out to be illusory, cruel or some combination of the two.
View: GOP’s attacks on health law, confusing and incompatible
“To be fair, the Republican argument makes perfect sense if you think like a campaign operative.”
View: GOP ‘repeal and replace’ strategy lacks merit
Republican proposals will force many people to pay higher premiums, lavish subsidies on the insurance industry and add $100 of billions to the federal debt.
When Medicaid drops patients–Cohn answers Goodman
Jon Cohn answers John Goodman’s column: Comparing Medicaid cutbacks to private insurer’s dropping costly patients “is grossly misleading,” Cohn writes.
When bad news about health reform isn’t bad
Jon Cohn argues that news stories about businesses dropping insurance and insurers limiting doctor choice isn’t bad: they highlight health reform’s benefits.
Back To The Future: CBO Budget Predictions and Health Reform
Add it all up and the budget deficit actually gets a little smaller. The emphasis is on “little,” since the net reduction is actually pretty small.
View: Change coming to most health plans
“Will most people’s health insurance still change? Absolutely. But change was coming no matter what. With reform, it’s likely to be change for the better,” writes Jon Cohn.
Healthcare reform whiplash
The question isn’t so much whether the waste exists. The question, rather, is whether reform can pinpoint and excise that waste — whether it can cut out the bad medical care without removing the good.
Playing chicken
A lot of people laughed when Sue Lowden, the Nevada Republican running for the U.S. Senate, suggested last month that people start paying for their medical care with chickens. I didn’t.
View: What one state stands to gain from health reform
Michigan’s attorney general wants the new health reform law overturned. Jon Cohn reviews what the state’s residents will lose should their attorney general succeed.
The vote changes the debate forever
There are two ways for societies to decide how to allocate resources: collectively, through government, or individually, through the market.
How Blue Cross became part of a dysfunctional health care system
The evolution of Blue Cross is a case study in the need for health care reform.
Malpractice Reform: a test case for bipartisanship at the health summit
The key is finding a fix that helps both doctors and the patients, rather than one at the expense of the other.
View: The bipartisan trap – and how Democrats fell into it
A bill could have been passed, if Democrats tried to reach out to Republicans
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