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Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS, is an a professor of pediatrics and associate dean for research mentoring in the department of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine.
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JAMA Forum: Outcome of 2012 Election Will Likely Affect Medicaid Far More Than Medicare
The last month or so, the Presidential campaign has often felt like a war over Medicare. Republicans have claimed that the Democrats have robbed the trust fund to pay for an entitlement for other people. They claim that the Affordable… Read More ›
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JAMA Forum: A Tale of 2 Plans
Let’s consider 2 plans for health coverage. In plan No. 1, the approach is to help everyone under the age of 65 years who doesn’t have insurance coverage. Everyone who is really poor is offered Medicaid. Everyone else will be… Read More ›
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JAMA Forum: Bill Would Gut Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Last week, the House Appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, and education approved a spending bill, which moves along this week to the full committee for consideration and possible amendments. Then, it’s on to a vote in the… Read More ›
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JAMA Forum — Supreme Court Ruling on the Medicaid Expansion: Carrots Are Okay, Sticks Are Not
Most of the country will be focused on the fact that the US Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate, albeit as a tax, not a penalty. The Court made another significant ruling, however, concerning the Medicaid expansion. As a reminder,… Read More ›
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JAMA Forum: Prohibition Won’t Work for Soft Drinks Any More Than It Did for Alcohol
While much of the nation’s attention is focused on the US Supreme Court’s impending ruling on the Affordable Care Act, other health-centered policy efforts emerge (albeit on a smaller scale). One of the latest is the decision by New York… Read More ›
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JAMA Forum: Innovation Isn’t Easy When it Comes to Medicaid
It’s almost impossible to find a politician these days who isn’t very concerned about the deficit. And it has become clear that the deficit problem is largely a health care spending problem. Given the political difficulty of reducing Medicare spending… Read More ›
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JAMA Forum: The Other Important Issue Before the Supreme Court—Medicaid Expansion
So much attention has been paid to the individual mandate that relatively few have bothered to focus on the other questions that will be debated tomorrow in front of the Supreme Court. One involves the expansion of Medicaid, and it… Read More ›