HEALTH REFORM WA

Making Sense of Reform in Our Community

Re-posted with permission from Bill Corfield, a Dayton, Ohio-based musician, writer, and owner of the blog Reasonable Conversation. This Friday marks the two year anniversary of President Barack Obama signing the controversial Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. … Continue reading →

Health Reform WA is a blog dedicated to health policy issues — so why post something on Social Security?  Very often Medicare and Medicaid are “lumped” with Social Security, as if they were all some sort of “welfare transfer payments”.  … Continue reading →

Re-posted with permission from Austin Frakt, creator, manager, host, and primary author of The Incidental Economist. Mr. Frakt is a health economist with an educational background in physics and engineering. I’m annoyed enough with Bank of America’s new debit card … Continue reading →

Re-posted with permission from Bill Corfield, a Dayton, Ohio-based musician, writer, and owner of the blog Reasonable Conversation.  This story was also featured on the blog The Incidental Economist. I’ve worked as a full time musician for the last 16 years … Continue reading →

As part of national health reform, Washington State is in the process of building a Health Benefit Exchange by January 1, 2014. The Exchange will create a new “one-stop shop” for individuals and small businesses to buy health insurance. The … Continue reading →

With the debt crisis and heat waves dominating national news, it may seem like health reform has faded away, but in fact, reform efforts continue to percolate on regional, state and national levels. Here are some recent highlights: WA Health … Continue reading →