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June 24, 2016
In this Wall Street Journal Think Tank column, Drew Altman discusses Medicare having a low profile this campaign season, and whether the House Republican health reform plan and Medicare trustees’ report this week will push it more into the spotlight as an issue.
Column Read PostJune 20, 2016
In this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman discusses the critical issues to look for and questions to ask about the U.S. House task force health reform outline due out this week.
Column Read PostJune 7, 2016
Drew Altman discusses Republican and Democratic health reform objectives, and why GOP proposals and the Affordable Care Act are better understood as policies with very different goals, trade-offs and consequences.
Column Read PostMay 24, 2016
Drew Altman discusses how public opinion can change as health proposals move from the idea stage to real legislative debates in this Wall Street Journal Think Tank column.
Column Read PostMay 13, 2016
In this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman discusses how studies with conflicting views of progress and problems for African Americans can both be true, and why African Americans may feel the problems more than the progress.
Column Read PostMay 11, 2016
In this guest column for VOX, the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Larry Levitt examines several key factors behind the expected premium rate increases for the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace plans in 2017 and what they mean for the stability of the marketplace.
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