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Professor Ezekiel Emanuel is joined by Victor R. Fuchs in an Op-ed where the two venture to address some of the widespread misconceptions and fallacies circulating in today’s health care debate. -
ACA footprint grows under health insurers expansion; Budget deficits could limit U.S recession response effectiveness; New immigration policy to allow indefinite detention; New initiative to research mental illness and gun violence; U.S. jobless claims fall in sign of labor market strength; Leading index signals moderate growth ahead. -
Professor Allison Hoffman breaks down the misrepresented idea of “choice” behind several Democratic Presidential Nominees’ support for alternative healthcare options to Medicare for all. She shows the structural barriers that make it so that even with a choice, often patrons make poor health insurance decisions. -
Trump administration proposes hospital price transparency rule; AG restricts asylum claims based on family relations; Senators unveil federal highway spending plan; Consumer spending slows slightly in June; Inflation well below Fed target in June; U.S home prices rose at a slower pace in May. -
In a discussion on the ramifications of legal challenges to the ACA, Professor Mark Pauly comments, “I will be heartsick if it’s declared unconstitutional. My view is that you should be required to have health insurance just like you’re required to wear clothes in cold weather.”
