The New Republic

“Repeal and Replace"—the slogan is as meaningless as it is catchy. The Republicans have zero intention of replacing the Affordable Care Act with a law that would make insurance available to everybody, regardless of income or pre-existing condition. That was obvious before an article that appeared in Politico on Thursday. It’s even more obvious now. READ MORE >>

The debate over the Affordable Care Act's constitutionality moved into another courtroom on Wednesday. This time it was a panel of judges from the 11th Circuit, in Atlanta, listening to an appeal of the most sweeping decision of all: Judge Roger Vinson’s decision invalidating not just the individual mandate but the entire law. READ MORE >>

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Health care reform has been in the news a lot lately: Judges are ruling on whether the individual mandate is constitutional, companies are announcing changes to their health plans, and congressional candidates are arguing over repeal. But there’s another big story happening, down in central Florida, where some state-level officials, a handful of consumer advocates, and a whole bunch of insurance industry lobbyists are fighting over how to implement a key part of reform. READ MORE >>

One of the central challenges of health care reform is getting insurers to behave better. And it's really a round-peg-into-square-hole sort of problem. READ MORE >>

Austin Frakt is a health economist at Boston University. He blogs at The Incidental Economist. Earlier this week Jennifer Haberkorn reported in Politico that Republicans plan to use their expected mid-term political mandate to choke off funding for provisions of the Affordable Care Act. READ MORE >>

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) has released a public letter concerning HR3200, the main House health reform bill. READ MORE >>