Contact tracing remains inadequate in most states
James C. Capretta | Jun 30, 2020 | Federal
Post-pandemic federal debt may threaten health programs
James C. Capretta | Jun 1, 2020 | Federal
Congress steps up on testing and tracing
James C. Capretta | Apr 29, 2020 | Federal
The health-related provisions in the $2.2 trillion emergency legislation
James C. Capretta | Mar 27, 2020 | Federal
An Actual Bipartisan Plan
James C. Capretta | Mar 2, 2020 | Federal
Political polarization has largely paralyzed Washington, which is why the Bipartisan Policy Center’s new health reform plan is both notable and important. The lead authors of the plan are former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Bill Frist and former Administrators of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
CMS’ Medicaid Waiver Template for the ACA Expansion Population
James C. Capretta | Jan 31, 2020 | Federal
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) new section 1115 Medicaid model waiver will allow states to provide coverage to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expansion population in a manner that differs from certain current law requirements. While release of this plan is a milestone of sorts for advocates
On health care in 2020, the GOP is likely to play small ball
James C. Capretta | Dec 30, 2019
Having failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) when they controlled Congress in 2017, Republicans claim it’s still their goal. Earlier this year, President Trump said he would soon unveil a new replacement plan that would be so popular it would lead voters to see the GOP
If the Democrats win in 2020, they will push a nationwide public option, not Medicare for All
James C. Capretta | Nov 26, 2019 | Federal
For months, the Democratic candidates for president have been debating the relative merits of Medicare for All versus “building upon” the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Senators Bernie Sanders has argued that the time has come for adoption of an undiluted single-payer plan, while former Vice President Joe Biden and South
Colorado’s Emerging State-Directed Insurance Plan
James C. Capretta | Oct 31, 2019 | Colorado
Jared Polis won the governorship in Colorado last year in part by campaigning as a champion of single-payer health care. Now in office, and with his party in control of both chambers of the state legislature, Polis is pursuing an idea that is more modest and yet not inconsequential: a
Tennessee’s Take on the Block Grant Idea
James C. Capretta | Sep 30, 2019 | Federal
Tennessee’s draft proposal to reform the state’s Medicaid program (called “TennCare”) has resurrected old arguments about the merits, defects, and feasibility of using a federal block grant to finance the program. The financial details of the Tennessee plan, which are still emerging, will matter greatly to the federal officials who
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