News
Politico | Health care reform: States may test HHS power
The law is very clear: The Department of Health and Human Services has the power to set up a federal health insurance exchange in states that don’t set up their own. But a federal exchange can’t function solo. It needs some help from a state’s Medicaid program and insurance department.
CNN Money | Health reform's cost under scrutiny
Capitol Hill's official budget cruncher will offer new estimates on Tuesday of one of the most controversial parts of health care reform: the government's cost of covering tens of millions of uninsured Americans.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Politico | Medicare fight is not over yet
This Republican Congress of Chronic Chaos is dusting off last year’s same failed playbook — where seniors would lose their Medicare while Republicans give more tax breaks to millionaires and Big Oil companies.
Blogs
Atlantic | The CBO Warns on Too-High Medical Loss Ratio Requirements
One of the more quixotic amendments to the Senate health care bill has been Jay Rockefeller's insistence that companies get their medical loss ratio to 90% or higher--i.e., spend 10% or less on administrative costs.
