News
National Journal | Health Reform Is Law Now, but It Will Change, Says Former CMS Head
The Affordable Care Act is now law and implementation will move forward, but the law is almost certain to change, a former administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told an audience of health policy experts on Tuesday.
National Journal | Health Funding Fights Hit House Appropriations
Partisan sniping will be in full force on Wednesday morning as the House Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee meets to mark up its fiscal 2013 bill, with Republicans proposing to slash funding to below 2009 funding levels.
Econ Comments & Analysis
WSJ | Report Details Threats to States' Fiscal Health
Rising Medicaid costs and pension expenses for public employees threaten states' abilities to provide basic government services as they continue struggling with unreliable tax bases in a weak economy, according to a task-force report.
Blogs
Politico | Obama: Health care mandate is a 'principle'
In the ongoing debate over whether the Affordable Care Act's mandate is a tax or a penalty, President Obama tried a different approach — calling it a "principle."
National Review | The One Word That Could Trip Up Obamacare
If the bill was properly drafted (which is a separate question altogether considering how fast it was written) and Cannon and Adler are correct, the “tax subsidies were meant [to] encourage states to build exchanges and not leave the task to the federal government,” Kliff explains.
