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Does the Affordable Care Act Cover the Uninsured?
Drew Altman, in The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, discusses what a new Foundation survey finds about one of the biggest questions about the Affordable Care Act: whether it covers the uninsured.
Column Read PostThe Truth About Those ‘Greedy’ Seniors
In The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman asks, “what’s your image of America’s seniors?” and provides some facts on the income and assets of Medicare enrollees.
Column Read PostHow Much Political Coverage of the Health-Care Law Is Too Much?
This was published as a Wall Street Journal Think Tank column on June 5, 2014. With primaries underway and the midterms approaching, coverage of the Affordable Care Act will increasingly focus on politics. Many political reporters may take temporary control of the health-care beat during the leadup to November. News organizations should…
Column Read PostHealth Affairs Blog: The Cost of A Cure: Medicare’s Role in Treating Hepatitis C
This blog post discusses Sovaldi (sofosbuvir), an oral drug recently approved by the FDA for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C, and the potential impact of this long-awaited cure on Medicare spending and Part D premiums.
Read PostAn Opportunity Amid the VA Problems
This was published as a Wall Street Journal Think Tank column on May 30, 2014. Gen. Eric Shinseki resigned when it became clear that the problems in the VA health-care system were systemic, not one-off acts of a few bad apples. No administration wants another problem, especially with veterans who have served our country and who matter politically,…
Column Read PostWhat’s Driving the GOP Health Plan
This was published as a Wall Street Journal Think Tank column on May 30, 2014. Conservative House Republicans are pushing for a vote on a GOP health-care plan, presumably to appeal to their base, to give GOP candidates health reform ideas to talk about on the campaign trail and to show that…
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