Obamacare

A Timely, Smooth Launch for the Health Care Law? The Jury’s Out

Posted on 06/19/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | PoliticsWill everything be ready to launch President Obama’s health care law by the Oct. 1 deadline? We’re getting mixed signals. Start with a report released June 19 by the Government Accountability Office, the first in-depth look at the sprawling system. The upside: “Much progress has been made in establishing the regulatory framework and guidance required for this undertaking, and [the administration] is currently taking steps to implement key activities of the [online insurance marketplaces],” the report said. (Read the full …

Why Do People Oppose Obamacare? The Answer May Surprise You

Posted on 06/11/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | PoliticsA lot of Americans say they oppose President Obama’s health care reform law. But you may be surprised to learn that of all those who say they oppose the 2010 law because its approach to health care is “too liberal” (35 percent), nearly half again as many oppose it because they think it’s “not liberal enough” (16 percent). This from a recent CNN/ORC survey that shows 43 percent of all Americans in favor of Obamacare — a figure that, for …

Obama: Health Law ‘Working The Way It’s Supposed To’

Posted on 06/7/2013 by | Health | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsFrom Kaiser Health News In California Friday, President Barack Obama praised the health law benefits already in place and talked about the state’s health insurance marketplace. He also placed a special emphasis on touting the law to the state’s Latino population. Here’s a transcript of his remarks: OBAMA: These leaders from California’s government, the California Endowment, and major Spanish-language media outlets have joined together to help implement the Affordable Care Act here in California and to educate folks about how to …

Medicaid’s Costly ‘Revolving Door’

Posted on 05/30/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin TodayWhen Medicaid becomes a revolving door, it ends up both harming patients and increasing costs, a study by two George Washington University researchers finds. “Even short gaps in coverage can lead to delay or avoidance of needed care,” says Leighton Ku, the director of the Center for Health Policy Research at George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health Services. “This can result in significant increases in hospitalizations for chronic diseases like diabetes, asthma and mental disorders. These costly …

Senate Confirms Former Nurse to Run Medicare

Posted on 05/16/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former intensive care nurse with a businesslike approach to a politically divisive public policy area won Senate approval May 15 to run Medicare and other major health insurance programs. By an overwhelming 91-7 vote, the Senate confirmed Marilyn Tavenner to oversee Medicare, Medicaid, children’s health insurance and coverage for the uninsured under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Together, the programs under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services …

Obama Wades Back into the Health Care Debate

Posted on 05/10/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin TodayBy Julie Pace, White House Correspondent, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up key components of the sweeping federal overhaul and staving off yet another challenge from Republicans. The president will specifically target women and young people, groups that backed him overwhelmingly during his presidential campaigns. During a Mother’s Day-themed event at the White House on …

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