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The GOP’s latest attempt to weaken Obamacare is a swing and a miss

The Cato Institute’s Michael F. Cannon is a foe of the Affordable Care Act, which means I disagree with him most of the time. But he’s right on the money with his ten-point teardown of the Republican Congress’ first salvo against Obamacare. The bill would redefine a full-time worker as someone who works 40 hours […]

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Obamacare implementation in Seattle draws fire for excluding Seattle Children’s Hospital from network

Health insurers and hospitals, usually on opposite sides, lined up together Tuesday to give Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler an earful about his proposed new rule for insurance-provider networks . Kreidler proposed the rule after complaints that consumers have been taken by surprise about narrower networks in insurance plans offered in the Affordable Care Act. Those […]