Republicans will do anything to destroy President Obama. They’ll fall in love with Herman Cain after Donald Trump. They’ll let Darrell Issa run off every cliff and into every tunnel painted on every mountain. They’ll even develop a sudden, deep concern for the uninsured. And now they’re pretty sure they finally have the president beat. Savvy right-wing political operative Rick […]

The number of people with diabetes is escalating rapidly. Education and prevention are key to stemming the tide of this chronic disease. It’s World Diabetes Day. But as a person who lives with the condition, it’s something I think about every day. I have to, because if I don’t manage my health even the many significant advances in care and […]

The most progressive part of the Affordable Care Act is working the best. There’s no doubt that the craptacular launch of Healthcare.gov will go down in history with the vice-presidential nomination of Sarah Palin as one of the early 21st century’s great unforced errors. Calling it Obama’s Katrina is absurd, but we can’t ignore the fact that people will die […]

Something very dangerous is going on in America: People are taking Republicans’ concern trolling about health care seriously. Of course, I have a lot of sympathy for people who are finding that their health insurance plans are cancelled and they’ll have to pay more to get the coverage they have. But I have no sympathy for those who are pretending […]

Some of their schemes have been serious, but mostly they’re ridiculous. And they’re not working. There’s no doubt that the rollout of Obamacare’s insurance marketplace at HealthCare.gov has been less than stellar. I’m being nice because I’m a fan of the Affordable Care Act and I know the website will get fixed — and the law will prove itself to […]

As we try to judge the short-term winners and losers from the Affordable Care Act, you can’t deny that it’s terrible to find out that your insurance plan has been cancelled. It happened all the time before Obamacare when it was a much worse fate, as there was a chance that no insurance might cover you again because of a […]

Finding out that your health insurance plan has been cancelled is terrible — especially when you have cancer. This practice, known as recision, was one of the worst and first insurance industry abuses banned by the Affordable Care Act, along with annual caps on coverage and pre-existing conditions for kids. Discovering that your insurance policy doesn’t cover much of anything […]

Hispanic leaders joined the campaign to raise awareness about new healthcare options under the Affordable Care Act. Inscríbase América y líderes Hispanos de Michigan unan sus fuerzas para elevar el nivel de conciencia sobre las nuevas opciones de atención médica. Pueden leer una historia sobre esto en Español aquí. With nearly 63,000 eligible Hispanics currently living without insurance in Michigan, […]

The claims that the Obama administration lied about people being able to keep their coverage are greatly exaggerated. The report by NBC News stating that the Obama administration knew that millions of Americans couldn’t keep their health insurance doesn’t tell the whole story. But it certainly gives the opposition fodder. In fact, the GOP is already gleefully rubbing their hands […]

You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead— your next stop, the Hypocrisy Zone! Things have really gotten hypocritically bizarre in Republican attempts to undermine the Affordable Care Act. Pundits across the country are outwardly […]

The GOP’s ongoing efforts to cripple Obamacare get more bizarre every day. And they’re not working. First, there was the refusal by most Republican-led states to create their own health insurance marketplaces, deciding instead to leave it to the federal government. It was a hypocritical stance given Republicans’ penchant for giving states more control but, hey, anything to get in […]