Last year I had to find a new primary care doctor. Did you? I ask because it seems like I talk to a ...

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Last year I had to find a new primary care doctor. Did you? I ask because it seems like I talk to a lot
of friends who are changing doctors for a range of reasons -- from the Affordable Care Act to
insurance companies restructuring their in-network/out-of-network directories to the simple fact that
many doctors are retiring or leaving the profession.
On paper, it sounded so good: all insurance companies had to provide substance abuse treatment
and there would be no more discriminating against those with pre-existing conditions. What could go
wrong? Unfortunately, quite a lot.
If you were uninsured and did not get health coverage by the March 31st deadline, what does this
mean? And what are your options for purchasing health insurance? To break down what you need to
know, here are the answers to your top health care questions.
Today's Census data provide fresh evidence that the economy strengthened in 2013, but too slowly
to improve the living standards of many middle- and low-income Americans.
Bob Greenstein
Founder and President, Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
The CDC figures are consistent with four independent surveys that also show significant gains in
health coverage in 2014, particularly among states that have adopted health reform's Medicaid
expansion.
Matt Broaddus
Research Analyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
News out of Seattle this summer undoubtedly has caused the big insurance CEOs to lose more than
a bit of sleep. Boeing announced that it has decided to forego the services of an insurance company
and to contract directly with two of the Northwest's largest hospital systems to provide care to its
27,000 employees and 3,000 retirees in the region.
Wendell Potter
Author, consultant; columnist at Center for Public Integrity and healthinsurance.org
The bottom line is that in a health care system as complicated as ours, problems have multiple
causes. And a single law can't solve every problem. With these ads, it's best to remember that they
aren't really trying to educate the listener or viewer. Rather, they are using selective arguments and
trying to score political points.
A few weeks ago I was quickly preparing to make the big move up to New York City from my
hometown in suburban Florida. While I was finding housing, packing up all my belongings and
preparing for my internship, I can't say health insurance ever crossed my mind.

2. I would encourage us to think broadly about who we consider our neighbors and how we care for
them, and to engage with "faith-based insurance alternatives" with a keen understanding of the fact
that they have many redeeming qualities, but that they are not in the business of insurance.
D. Brad Wright
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Iowa
How can success be disaster, even in health care? As the Michael W. Smith song says, "Let me show
you the way."
Deane Waldman
Board of Directors of NM Health Exchange, physician, systems theorist, and author of award-winning
"The Cancer In Healthcare"
Some doctors seem to have embraced the airlines' model for doing business -- you know, the one
where they now charge fees for things they used to just do for free.
It has been over four years signed ACA (originally PPAHCA; colloquially Obamacare) was signed into
Law. Why is there at least as much controversy and outright anger today as there was prior to
March 23, 2010? There are at least seven reasons why the ACA pot keeps boiling over.
Deane Waldman
Board of Directors of NM Health Exchange, physician, systems theorist, and author of award-winning
"The Cancer In Healthcare"
In the wake of Congress' failure to advance meaningful immigration reform, it has become crystal
clear that Congress will not act in any way that matters. One thing that can be fixed now with a
swipe of the pen is the regulation impacting DREAMers, preventing them from accessing health
care.
Kathy Ko Chin
President, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
ACA dead-enders will stay at it, fighting Medicaid expansion and filing creative, hopeless lawsuits.
They'll stop Medicaid expansion in some states, denying coverage to millions of the most needy. But
the ACA will survive. In health care policy, the arc of history has taken a decisive turn toward human
decency.
M. Gregg Bloche, M.D., J.D.
Author, "The Hippocratic Myth," Professor of Law, Georgetown University & Co-Director, Center for
Transnational Legal Studies, London
While Hobby Lobby and other legal battles are important decisions playing out in the high courts,
none address the structural problems with the delivery of insurance to consumers. To address the
structural problem, let's go back to the breakup of AT&T.

3. Dan Karr
Author, founder of Injured Money
The 21st anniversary of the implementation of the Family and Medical Leave Act on August 5
provides an important moment to examine how far our nation has come since President Clinton
signed FMLA into law in 1993 and how far we still need to go.