A step forward
The health care proposals under consideration would take an important step towards expanding access to affordable health care for all Americans. Both the House and the Senate bills would reform the...
View ArticlePass the bill
The House should act quickly and pass the Senate bill as is. They should simultaneously use the budget reconciliation process to deal with the main outstanding financial issues: improving the subsidies...
View ArticleHealth care reform would increase access and affordability in California
As the discussion begins at today’s bi-partisan meeting on health care, it is important to remember the stakes in this debate. Nationally 31 million people are projected to gain health coverage under...
View ArticleTNR’s Jonathan Cohn makes an important point on reconciliation
At yesterday’s bi-partisan health summit, Republicans repeatedly called on the Democrats not to use budget reconciliation to finalize the bill. John McCain said that doing so would have “cataclysmic...
View ArticleDo Health Savings Accounts Lower Costs?
Consumer directed health care has been touted as an important means of achieving health cost savings. The theory is that the more people pay out of pocket for health care, the more prudent purchasers...
View ArticleThe end game on health reform
Health reform is reaching an end game. Obama came out strong in his speech today for the first time drawing sharp distinctions between the two parties views on health care reform, and calling for an...
View ArticleWhen it comes to jobs, not all budget solutions are equal
With 2.3 million Californians out of work, the California legislature should take care to minimize harm to the State’s economy as it works to close an estimated $20 billion budget gap. When it comes to...
View ArticleThere are economic consequences to budget cuts
When it comes to jobs and the economy, not all solutions to the state’s budget shortfall are equal. Most measures designed by well-meaning state leaders to reduce the deficit also will depress...
View ArticleBalancing economic development and social welfare in South Africa: The...
I was invited to South Africa earlier this month to participate in a Competition Tribunal about a proposed merger of Walmart and South African chain Massmart. Facing falling sales in the U.S., Walmart...
View ArticleA good day for America
The Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act. We are fortunate to live in a state that has been working overtime to implement those parts of the law that have already gone into effect and to...
View ArticleSub par reporting on the ACA
In a story that purports to illustrate how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will hurt fast food businesses, Venessa Wong at Bloomberg News inadvertently shows how small those impacts are likely to be in...
View ArticlePass the bill
The House should act quickly and pass the Senate bill as is. They should simultaneously use the budget reconciliation process to deal with the main outstanding financial issues: improving the subsidies...
View ArticleHealth care reform would increase access and affordability in California
As the discussion begins at today’s bi-partisan meeting on health care, it is important to remember the stakes in this debate. Nationally 31 million people are projected to gain health coverage under...
View ArticleTNR’s Jonathan Cohn makes an important point on reconciliation
At yesterday’s bi-partisan health summit, Republicans repeatedly called on the Democrats not to use budget reconciliation to finalize the bill. John McCain said that doing so would have “cataclysmic...
View ArticleDo Health Savings Accounts Lower Costs?
Consumer directed health care has been touted as an important means of achieving health cost savings. The theory is that the more people pay out of pocket for health care, the more prudent purchasers...
View ArticleThe end game on health reform
Health reform is reaching an end game. Obama came out strong in his speech today for the first time drawing sharp distinctions between the two parties views on health care reform, and calling for an...
View ArticleWhen it comes to jobs, not all budget solutions are equal
With 2.3 million Californians out of work, the California legislature should take care to minimize harm to the State’s economy as it works to close an estimated $20 billion budget gap. When it comes to...
View ArticleThere are economic consequences to budget cuts
When it comes to jobs and the economy, not all solutions to the state’s budget shortfall are equal. Most measures designed by well-meaning state leaders to reduce the deficit also will depress...
View ArticleBalancing economic development and social welfare in South Africa: The...
I was invited to South Africa earlier this month to participate in a Competition Tribunal about a proposed merger of Walmart and South African chain Massmart. Facing falling sales in the U.S., Walmart...
View ArticleA good day for America
The Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act. We are fortunate to live in a state that has been working overtime to implement those parts of the law that have already gone into effect and to...
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