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
CMS’ Medicaid Waiver Template for the ACA Expansion Population
James C. Capretta | Jan 31, 2020 | Federal
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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