Healthcare Reform

Part 1: My Breaking Point: The Day I Followed Every Rule and Still Lost I’m a public policy analyst. For...

In a Nutshell: Key Differences at a Glance Health Maintenance Organization (HMO): Think of this as an automatic transmission. It’s...

Part I: The Catastrophe and the Epiphany Introduction: The In-Network Nightmare The letter arrived on a Tuesday, innocuous in a...

Executive Summary: The Modern Healthcare Choice Matrix Navigating the American health insurance landscape presents a formidable challenge for consumers, a...

The Phone Call That Made the Numbers Real The call came on a Tuesday afternoon. It was a close family...

For 15 years, I’ve been a freelance consultant. I’ve learned to navigate the treacherous terrain of self-employment—the feast-or-famine income cycles,...

Introduction: A Lifeline and a Lightning Rod The question "is Medicaid bad" is deceptively simple. It probes at the heart...

I still remember the sting of that $4,000 lesson. As a newly self-employed analyst, I was navigating the Affordable Care...

Part I: The View from the Unfinished Bridge Introduction: A Policy Analyst's Frustration and a Father's Fear For years, I...

Introduction The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law on March 23, 2010, represents the most significant...