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ObamaCare in Tax Season

This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. Whether they would ordinarily be required to file income taxes or not, anyone who received ObamaCare premium assistance must file Form 1095A, with […]

Legislative Update: 3/19/2016

Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes recent healthcare-related legislative activity on Capitol Hill. If Anyone Has Not Yet Heard About This The partial ObamaCare repeal passed via reconciliation, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of […]

Bad by Design

This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane Orient, M.D. As most Americans are finding out, Obamacare is a bad deal for them. This is not a flaw, but a feature. As Devon Herrick […]

Legislative Update Special Edition: The War on Opiates

Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes recent healthcare-related legislative activity on Capitol Hill. There is no question that opiate abuse – both legal and illegal is on the rise in all demographics. Congress introduced several laws […]

HIPAA, Hillary and Hype

By Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D. In watching Hillary Clinton campaign I’m reminded of a poem I learned in ninth grade: humorist Arthur Guiterman’s “On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness”: The tusks that clashed in […]

Legislative Update – 2/10/2016

Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes recent healthcare-related legislative activity on Capitol Hill. Thankfully, health related legislation is very slowly pouring in. Included in this edition of the Health Policy Legislative Update is a fact sheet from […]

ACA Unaffordable Now? Just Wait for Single Payer

This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane Orient, M.D. The Sanders repeal-and-replace plan is government healthcare for all. Why have insurance companies as intermediaries, proponents ask. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/430045/bernie-sanders-single-payer-disaster The Sanders plan would abolish private […]