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Jon Cohn

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When Medicaid drops patients–Cohn answers Goodman

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.

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When bad news about health reform isn’t bad

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.

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Back To The Future: CBO Budget Predictions and Health Reform

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.

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View: Change coming to most health plans

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.

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Healthcare reform whiplash

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.

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Playing chicken

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.

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View: What one state stands to gain from health reform

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.

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The vote changes the debate forever

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.

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How Blue Cross became part of a dysfunctional health care system

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.

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Malpractice Reform: a test case for bipartisanship at the health summit

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.

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View: The  bipartisan trap – and how Democrats fell into it

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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Senate bill will save families money

Senate bill will save families money

The Senate bill will make people’s lives significantly better.

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Opinion: The true costs of health-care reform

Opinion: The true costs of health-care reform

What’s important isn’t what the government spends but what individuals and families must spend.

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Take this conservative argument seriously

Take this conservative argument seriously

When conservatives scream about socialized medicine and death panels, tune them out. But lately they’ve been making an argument you should hear.

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To Be Effective, Exchanges Need Bargaining Power

To Be Effective, Exchanges Need Bargaining Power

Insurance exchanges are regulated marketplaces, where you get to choose from among plans.

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Reform’s Bottom Line: It’s All About the Money

Reform’s Bottom Line: It’s All About the Money

At the end of the day, the challenge remains: Coming up with money to pay for health reform.

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Obama’s Focus on Cost Offered Critics Many Targets

Obama’s Focus on Cost Offered Critics Many Targets

Had Obama spent more time reminding voters that health reform would provide them with security they now lack he probably would have been better off, writes columnist Jonathan Cohn.

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