ACA this week - Risk corridors
February 2014 -- The controversy over "risk corridors," used by insurance companies for when they get into a new and unpredictable market, shouldn't be controversial at all. Check out the series from the Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
Republican health reform plan represents political sea change
A new health reform proposal from three leading Senate Republicans represents a fundamental shift in the politics of health reform and the Affordable Care Act, according to John McDonough of Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Writing January…
ACA this week - John McDonough
Did President Obama make a convincing case for the ACA in the State of the Union? Check out the new series from the Forum at Harvard School of Public Health. Visit HSPH’s Affordable Care Act page for more ACA coverage.
HSPH experts comment on Affordable Care Act
January 9, 2014 -- Throughout the legal and political wranglings over the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—the landmark health care reform law passed in 2010—Harvard School of Public Health researchers have been contributing to the national conversation on the…
As new year kicks off, Obamacare brings profound changes to U.S. health care
As Obamacare ramped up on January 1, 2014, the United States underwent a profound change in its health care system, according to health policy expert [[John McDonough]], professor of the practice of public health at Harvard School of…
Obamacare and the insurance kerfuffle
John McDonough, professor of public health practice at Harvard School of Public Health and director of the HSPH Center for Public Health Leadership, discussed technical problems and controversies surrounding the Obamacare rollout on recent episodes of a new…
First in line for affordable care
[Fall 2013 Centennial issue] For 15 years, Madelyn Rhenisch struggled with an illness that drained her of all physical and mental vitality, destroyed the successful career she had worked hard to build, and left her with no savings.…
With exchanges launched, ACA rollout begins
On October 1, 2013, state and federal health exchanges began enrolling uninsured individuals for health care coverage, which is scheduled to begin on January 1, 2014. John McDonough, a professor of the practice of public health at Harvard…
Government shutdown and the ACA
The acrimonious politics surrounding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, led to a government shutdown on October 1, 2013—the day the ACA’s health exchanges debuted. But [[Robert Blendon]], Richard L. Menschel Professor of Public Health and professor…
Experts discuss political battle over Obamacare
In the first of a new podcast series on health reform, John McDonough, professor of public health practice at Harvard School of Public Health and director of the HSPH Center for Public Health Leadership, Gail Willensky, senior fellow…