2010
Steve Benen. (12/21/10). The GOPs emergency-room argument lives. The Washington Monthly.
Patrick Appel. (12/21/10). Why not call the ACA “Obamacare?” The Atlantic.
Ezra Klein. (12/21/10). BaucusCare vs. ObamaCare. The Washington Post.
Andrew Sullivan. (12/17/10). What if the mandate is ruled unconstitutional? The Atlantic.
Andrew Sullivan. (12/16/10). The uneven unemployment rate, ctd. [2] The Atlantic.
Igor Volsky. (12/15/10). Why alternatives to the mandate may lead to a less progressive policy. Think Progress.
Andrew Sullivan. (12/15/10). The uneven unemployment rate, ctd. The Atlantic.
Kevin Drum. (12/14/10). Enumerated powers and the individual mandate. Mother Jones.
Ben Smith. (12/14/10). Universal health care. Politico.
Jonathan Cohn. (12/14/10). Meanwhile, the individual mandate is working. The New Republic.
Ezra Klein. (12/14/10). What an individual mandate gets you. The Washington Post.
Andrew Sullivan. (12/14/10). Is Obamacare really unconstitutional? The Atlantic.
Nick Baumann. (12/13/10). The radicalism of Judge Hudson’s health care law decision. Mother Jones.
Jonathan Cohn. (12/13/10). Judicial scorecard: Health care reform 2, repeal 1. The New Republic.
Andrew Sullivan. (12/13/10). Toying with the mandate. The Atlantic.
Igor Volsky. (12/9/10). Insurers searching for public relations firm to boos their influence in Washington. Think Progress.
Bruce Bartlett. (12/7/10). Focus on health. The Fiscal Times.
Ezra Klein. (12/3/10). Did managed care work? The Washington Post.
Matthew Yglesias. (12/3/10). GDP growth, not spending restraint, is key to moderating health’s share of the economy. Think Progress.
Ezra Klein. (12/3/10). Wonkbook. The Washington Post.
Matthew Yglesias. (12/2/10). Health care in the 1990s. Think Progress.
Megan McArdle. (12/1/10). What happened to U.S. health care costs? The Atlantic.
Igor Volsky. (11/30/10). Health law preserving choice in Medicare Advantage … for now. Think Progress.
Kevin Drum. (11/30/10). Does PPACA contain a surprise? Mother Jones.
Andrew Sullivan. (11/30/10). Medicare rates as a ticking time bomb, ctd. The Atlantic.
Reihan Salam. (11/29/10). Uwe Reinhardt and Austin Frakt on repeal and replace. National Journal.
Eric Zorn. (11/25/10). Feeling sleepy? Don’t blame the bird. Chicago Tribune.
Andrew Sullivan. (11/25/10). The myth that turkey makes you sleepy. The Atlantic.
David Leonhardt. (11/23/10). In China, uneven progress on the health front. The New York Times.
Kevin Drum. (11/23/10). Paying an arm and a leg. Mother Jones.
Jonathan Cohn. (11/19/10). A question for those who want repeal. The New Republic.
David Leonhardt. (11/19/10). Haves, have-nots and health care. The New York Times.
Megan McArdle. (11/18/10). In health care, no free lunch. The Atlantic.
Andrew Sullivan. (11/18/10). Are we expecting too much? The Atlantic.
Ezra Klein. (11/16/10). GOP legislator frets over 28 days without insurance — but what about 30 million he’d leave uninsured? The Washington Post.
Andrew Sullivan. (11/15/10). Police states with shopping. The Atlantic.
Kevin Drum. (11/15/10). Reining in the superbugs. Mother Jones.
Eric Zorn. (11/9/10). Internet sales-tax dodge darkens the future of bricks-and-mortar businesses. Chicago Tribune.
Igor Volsky. (11/9/10). Why Rick Perry’s proposal to opt out of Medicaid doesn’t make any sense. Think Progress.
Andrew Sullivan. (11/5/10). Was healthcare worth it? The Atlantic.
Andrew Sullivan. (11/4/10). Tweaking healthcare: Look beyond Washington. The Atlantic.
Andrew Sullivan. (11/4/10). Following the money. The Atlantic.
Igor Volsky. (11/3/10). WSJ offers a new idea for fixing the health care law. Think Progress.
Jonathan Cohn. (11/3/10). How many Americans favor repeal? The New Republic.
Kevin Drum. (10/31/10). American’s awful healthcare. Mother Jones.
Andrew Sullivan. (10/31/10). The poisoned Halloween candy myth. The Atlantic.
Andrew Sullivan. (10/29/10). The healthcare system is sick. The Atlantic.
Ezra Klein. (10/27/10). Why we needed health-care reform, in one graph. The Washington Post.
Eric Zorn. (10/26/10). Could the sales-tax free ride on the internet be coming to an end? Chicago Tribune.
Igor Volsky. (10/22/10). Will employers just dump their workers into the exchanges? Think Progress.
Eric Zorn. (10/20/10). A closer look at life expectancy in the U.S. Chicago Tribune.
Matthew Yglesias. (10/18/10). How bias works. Think Progress.
Andrew Sullivan. (10/15/10). Why is US life expectancy low? The Atlantic.
Matthew Yglesias. (10/14/10). Life expectancy at 65. Think Progress.
Ezra Klein. (10/14/10). Life expectancy in the United States. The Washington Post.
Ezra Klein. (10/12/10). Debunking myth about Canadian health care. The Washington Post.
Andrew Sullivan. (10/12/10). Chart of the day. The Atlantic.
Anon. (10/11/10). Morning take-out. The New York Times.
Igore Volsky. (10/6/10). On our way to slowing the growth rate. Think Progress.
David Leonhardt. (10/6/10). Health care at McDonald’s (con’t). The New York Times.
Kevin Drum. (10/6/10). Revisiting McDonald’s. Mother Jones.
Igor Volsky. (10/6/10). Government exempts almost a million workers from ACA’s consumer protections. Think Progress.
David Leonhardt. (10/5/10). Health care’s uneven road to a new era. The New York Times.
David Leonhardt. (10/5/10). The crucial role of insurance mandates. The New York Times.
Matthew Yglesias. (10/1/10). Endgame. Think Progress.
Kevin Drum. (10/1/10). Chart of the day: Healthcare spending. Mother Jones.
April Fulton. (9/30/10). McDonald’s threatens to cut skimpy health plans. National Public Radio.
Steve Benen. (9/30/10). Want fries with that non-story? The Washington Monthly.
Kevin Drum. (9/30/10). The latest healthcare non-story. Mother Jones.
Jonathan Cohn. (9/30/10). Fast food employees v. health care reform. The New Republic.
Igor Volsky. (9/30/10). Why McDonald’s won’t cancel insurance for 30,000 workers. Think Progress.
Ezra Klein. (9/27/10). Reconciliation. The Washington Post.
Igor Volsky. (9/27/10). Will the federal government’s effort to keep child-only policies backfire? Think Progress.
Matthew Yglesias. (9/24/10). The shape of things not to come. Think Progress.
Ezra Klein. (9/24/10). Why we have a budget problem. The Washington Post.
Kevin Drum. (9/22/10). Healthcare: Where the money goes. Mother Jones.
Reihan Salam. (9/10/10). Should Medicare become an efficient hybrid? National Review.
Carey Goldberg. (9/10/10). Don’t blame fat people for high health costs. WBUR.
Kevin Drum. (9/9/10). Making Medicare more efficient. Mother Jones.
Ezra Klein. (9/8/10). Emergency rooms cont’d. The Washington Post.
Nancy Marshall Genzer. (9/7/10). A ranking of docs who do heart surgery. Marketplace.
Ezra Klein. (9/7/10). Don’t raise the retirement age, cont’d. The Washington Post.
Reihan Salam. (9/3/10). James Capretta on Medicare Advantage. National Review.
Matt Steinglass. (9/1/10). Why health care is different. The Economist.
Ezra Klein. (8/31/10). Why health care is different. The Washington Post.
Kevin Drum. (8/27/10). Cheap drugs. Mother Jones.
Ken Terry. (8/25/10). How Health Insurance Firms — and Doctors! — May Game Healthcare Reform, CBS.
Reihan Salam. (8/23/10). Austin Frakt on Medicare Advantage … National Review.
Ezra Klein. (8/20/10). A private Medicare system would be a costlier Medicare system. The Washington Post.
Igor Volsky. (8/17/10). Gaming the exchanges and mini health insurance plans. Think Progress.
Ezra Klein. (8/17/10). Wonkbook … The Washington Post.
Igor Volsky. (8/16/10). On why regulators must stand up to insurers. Think Progress.
Kevin Drum. (8/16/10). Will insurance companies game the ACA? Mother Jones.
Andrew Sullivan. (8/5/10). Chart of the day. The Atlantic.
Kevin Drum. (8/4/10). Defunding healthcare. Mother Jones.
Ezra Klein. (8/4/10). Why we’ll have to get serious about health-care costs in one graph. The Washington Post.
Kay Lazar. (7/22/10). Massachusetts health law: Success or headed for trouble? The Boston Globe.
Igor Volsky. (7/21/10). On whether the individual mandate is a tax. Think Progress.
Reihan Salam. (7/20/10). Massachusetts and provider consolidation. National Review.
Ezra Klein. (7/19/10). The Massachusetts plan is working — but the American health-care system is not. The Washington Post.
Reihan Salam. (7/9/10). Isn’t that costly for the government. National Review.
Nick Baumann. (7/9/10). Lost in translation. The Economist.
John Goodman. (7/6/10). The future does not look good. National Journal.
Ezra Klein. (7/2/10). Expect health-care reform to require more reforms. The Washington Post.
Ezra Klein. (6/28/10). Reconciliation. The Washington Post.
Andrew Sullivan. (6/25/10). The future of healthcare. The Atlantic.
Avik Roy. (6/15/10). Health Wonk Review review: The platonic form of health insurance. National Review.
Matthew Yglesias. (6/22/10). The health care productivity problem. Think Progress.
Kevin Drum. (6/17/10). Getting a handle on healthcare. Mother Jones.
Ezra Klein. (6/16/10). ‘Five thousand spills like in the Gulf of Mexico.’ The Washington Post.
Avik Roy. (6/10/10). Health Wonk Review review: Of Dartmouth, doc fixes, and droppings. National Review.
Christopher Rowland. (5/31/10). On health care, lobbyists flex muscle. The Boston Globe.
Avik Roy. (5/27/10). Health Wonk Review review: Why insurers aren’t utilities. National Review.
Alex Eichler. (5/11/10). ‘Askers’ vs. ‘Guessers’. The Atlantic.
Max Fisher. (4/28/10). The comprehensive guide to better naps. The Atlantic.
Ezra Klein. (4/27/10). The physiology of napping. The Washington Post.
Kevin Drum. (4/22/10). Healthcare reform after a month. Mother Jones.
Matthew Yglesias. (4/20/10). Where’re the broccoli ads? Think Progress.
Reihan Salam. (4/15/10). Stray links for tax day. National Review.
Jonathan Cohn. (4/12/10). Finishing ‘The Treatment’. The New Republic.
Kevin Drum. (4/10/10). The rich are getting richer. Mother Jones.
Ezra Klein. (4/9/10). Some individual mandate discussion. The Washington Post.
Reihan Salam. (4/8/10). The ACA data problem. National Review.
Nancy Marshall Genzer. (4/7/10). Are more health lawsuits on the way? Marketplace.
Reihan Salam. (4/6/10). Austin Frakt on unknown unknowns in health reform. National Review.
Suzy Khimm. (4/6/10). Are people in Massachusetts gaming the individual mandate? The Washington Post.
Mary Katharine Ham (4/6/10). The Daily Grind. The Weekly Standard.
Igor Volsky. (4/5/10). Insurers report consumers gaming the individual mandate in Massachusetts. Think Progress.
Harold Pollack. (4/1/10). The best-covered news story, ever. The New Republic.
Reihan Salam. (3/30/10). The mandate debate continues. National Review.
Paul Krugman. (3/29/10). Good news on mandates. The New York Times.
Kevin Drum. (3/29/10). The future of healthcare reform. Mother Jones.
Reihan Salam. (3/25/10). Austin Frakt on the mandate. National Review.
Ezra Klein. (3/22/10). Will insurers raise rates before health-care reform? The Washington Post.
Nancy Marshall Genzer. (3/19/10). Immediate changes if health bill passed. Marketplace.
Matt Steinglass. (3/13/10). Still diagnosing the problem. The Economist.
David Leonhardt. (3/10/10). Does lack of insurance kill? The New York Times.
David Leonhardt. (3/9/10). Health care’s obstacle: No will to cut. The New York Times.
Nancy Marshall Genzer. (3/9/10). Justice department stops health merger. Marketplace.
Mark Thoma. (3/3/10). Links for 2010-03-02. Economist’s View.
Brad DeLong. (3/3/10). Five things worth reading, mostly economics. Grasping Reality …
Monica Potts. (2/16/10). Arguing against the facts. The American Prospect.
Jonathan Cohn. (2/16/10). Give me insurance or give me death. The New Republic.
Kate Steadman. (2/16/10). Debating whether health insurance saves lives. Kaiser Health News.
Matthew Yglesias. (2/16/10). Yes, health insurance saves lives. Think Progress.
Andrew Sullivan. (2/15/10). How many die for lack of insurance? Ctd. The Atlantic.
Brad DeLong. (2/15/10). At least a third of what we spend on health care is wasted–and we don’t spend enough. Grasping Reality …
Kevin Drum. (2/15/10). Is health insurance good for you? Mother Jones.
Ezra Klein. (2/15/10). When opinions on health-care insurance stop being polite and start getting complicated. The Washington Post.
Megan McArdle. (2/13/10). Firming up the argument. The Atlantic.
Tyler Cowen. (2/13/10). Health insurance and mortality follow-up. Marginal Revolution.
Andrew Sullivan. (2/12/10). How many die for lack of insurance? The Atlantic.
Matthew Yglesias. (2/12/10). Insurance status and mortality. Think Progress.
Megan McArdle. (2/12/10). What do “rightwingers” really think? The Atlantic.
Kevin Drum. (2/12/10). Quote of the day. Mother Jones.
Merrill Goozner. (2/11/10). Antitrust? Or anti-cost control? The Fiscal Times.
Ezra Klein. (2/10/10). Let’s not make a deal. The Washington Post.
Kevin Drum. (2/8/10). Quick hits. Mother Jones.
David Lightman. (2/5/10). House to vote on stripping health insurers’ antitrust protection. McClatchy Newspapers.
Nick Baumann. (2/4/10). The market for economics. Mother Jones.
Mark Thoma. (2/4/10). Is Austrianism serious? Economist’s View.
Ezra Klein. (2/4/10). More mathbell! The Washington Post.
James Kwak. (2/3/10). The Republican plan, II: You’re on your own. The Baseline Scenario.
Andrew Sullivan. (2/1/10). Pass. The. Damn. Bill. The Atlantic.
Ezra Klein. (2/1/10). Plan B is terrible. The Washington Post.
Igor Volsky. (1/20/10). Brown’s victory wasn’t a referendum on national health reform legislation. Think Progress.
Ezra Klein. (1/13/10). The Senate’s awful free rider provision likely to survive negotiations. The Washington Post.
Kevin Drum. (1/13/10). Healthcare reform and cost control. Mother Jones.
Jonathan Cohn. (1/13/10). House not inclined to roll over, play dead. The New Republic.
Jonathan Chait. (1/12/10). Let me explain the Cadillac tax. The New Republic.
Andrew Sullivan. (1/12/10). Yes, those Medicare cuts can happen. The Atlantic.
Matthew Yglesias. (1/8/10). Health care and wages. Think Progress.
Kevin Drum. (1/8/10). Healthcare and wages. Mother Jones.
Ezra Klein. (1/8/10). The health-care and wages debate, continued! The Washington Post.
2009
Igor Volsky. (12/29/09). Health care industry coordinating effort to opt states out of health care reform. Think Progress.
Matthew Yglesias. (12/29/09). Repeal can’t happen, rollback can. Think Progress.
Jonathan Cohn. (12/29/09). The Kristol ball. The New Republic.
Ezra Klein. (12/22/09). Letters to health-care Santa: Bring the market to Medicare Advantage, and the House’s employer mandate to the final bill. The Washington Post.
Kevin Drum. (12/22/09). Healthcare ping pong? Mother Jones.
Patrick Appel. (12/20/09). After reform. The Atlantic.
Kevin Drum. (12/20/09). Why 2014? Mother Jones.
Ezra Klein. (12/18/09). The 60th vote? The Washington Post.
Ezra Klein. (12/15/09). The political cost of failure. The Washington Post.
Gwen Robinson. (12/10/09). An economy of one’s own. Financial Times.
Megan McArdle. (12/9/09). Medicare cost shifting: Does it happen, and how much? The Atlantic.
Kevin Drum. (12/9/09). Joe Lieberman is 21% right (and 79% wrong). Mother Jones.
Matthew Yglesias. (12/9/09). The phantom menace of cost-shifting. Think Progress.
Igor Volsky. (12/9/09). Would the Medicare buy-in hurt providers? Think Progress.
Jonathan Cohn. (11/25/09). Daily Treatment, giving thanks edition. The New Republic.
Andrew Sullivan. (11/24/09). Health Incentive Plans. The Atlantic.
Stephen Koff. (11/21/09). Senate bill would also cut Medicare Advantage but reductions would not be as deep as in House measure. The Plain Dealer.
Andrew Sullivan. (11/19/09). Cost control, cost control, cost control, ctd. The Atlantic.
Matthew Yglesias. (11/17/09). The next health reform debate. Think Progress.
Kevin Drum. (11/17/09). The Swiss system. Mother Jones.
Cathy Arnst. (11/2/09). U.S. medical prices highest in the world. Business Week.
Jonathan Cohn. (11/2/09). Daily Treatment, man bites dog edition. The New Republic.
Ezra Klein. (11/2/09). If Best Buy sold health care. The Washington Post.
Jonathan Cohn. (11/2/09). Why American health care is so expensive. The New Republic.
Kevin Drum. (11/2/09). The Frakt curve. Mother Jones.
Tyler Cowen. (10/31/09). How well will the public option work. Marginal Revolution.
Jonathan Cohn. (10/26/09). Daily Treatment, likes and dislikes. The New Republic.
Lisa Wangsness. (10/25/09). Fears of health monopoly as Congress urges collaboration. The Boston Globe.
David Welna. (10/23/09). Democrats push to end insurer’s antitrust exemption. National Public Radio.
Jonathan Cohn. (10/21/09). Daily Treatment, biggest losers edition. The New Republic.
Esme Deprez. (10/19/09). Reviving an old threat in health-insurance battle. Business Week.
Uwe Reinhardt. (10/16/09). Is Medicare raising prices for the privately insured? The New York Times.
Andrew Sullivan. (10/16/09). From the dept. of careful what you wish for. The Atlantic.
Ezra Klein. (10/15/09). Another perspective on the antitrust exemption for the insurance industry. The Washington Post.
Ezra Klein. (10/15/09). The Medicare Advantage scam. The Washington Post.
Tyler Cowen. (10/15/09). Austin Frakt and Ian Crosby on the insurance antitrust exemption. Marginal Revolution.
Ezra Klein. (10/14/09). Putting hospitals on a diet. The Washington Post.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (10/14/09). Health Insurance Reform Daily Mythbuster: ‘Health Insurance Reform Will Lead to Medicare Benefit Cuts for Seniors’.
Kevin Drum. (10/13/09). Is cost shifting bogus? Mother Jones.
Timothy Stoltzfus Jost. (10/12/09). Health Care Arena. Politico.
Aaron Carroll. (10/8/09). Uniquely American? Or uniquely bad? The Huffington Post.
Ezra Klein. (10/7/09). The question of cost-shifting. The Washington Post.
Aaron Carroll. (10/7/09). High risk pools. Rational Arguments.
Cliff Kuang. (10/6/09). How to become a design genius: Take time off. Lots of it. Fast Company.
Lea Winerman. (10/5/09). Under Senate Finance Committee plan, high-risk insurance pools get funding boost. Online NewsHour.
Ezra Klein. (10/5/09). Health economist Austin Frakt dismantles the idea that the difference between what private insurers and public insurers pay represents “cost-shifting.” The Washington Post.
Maggie Mahar. (10/1/09). Seniors would save far more than they lose. The Washington Post.
Jane Sasseen and Catherine Arnst. (10/1/09). Why business fears the public option. Business Week.
Thomas Greaney. (9/30/09). Health reform and Medicare: Part I. The Health Care Blog.
Terence Kane. (9/30/09). Senior-bating in healthcare debate. The Hill.
Andrew Sullivan. (9/30/09). 14 cents on the dollar. The Atlantic.
Aaron Carroll. (9/29/09). Why are we cutting Medicare Advantage? Rational Arguments.
Ezra Klein. (9/29/09). A wasteful program. The Washington Post.
Ezra Klein. (9/29/09). Is Medicare Advantage worth it? The Washington Post.
Kevin Drum. (9/28/09). Who benefits from Medicare Advantage? Mother Jones.
Maggie Mahar. (9/25/09). More on proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage. The Century Foundation.
Paul Krugman. (4/2/09). “The banks” versus “some banks.” The New York Times.
