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Cohn shows how repeated failures by Democrats and Republicans to get a decent policy through our 18th-century constitutional structure led to the strategy that produced the Affordable Care Act.

Jonathan Cohn goes behind the scenes, including relaying Joe Biden’s surprising advice.

It was a moment of high drama in the brief life of the Affordable Care Act, the signal achievement of President Obamas two terms. Shortly after midnight on July 28,

The Internal Trade Department looks set to require private hospitals to inform people of the prices of an additional 100 medicines and medical services related to the pandemic so consumers can view them before deciding whether or not to receive them.

Bay Area political events: International Womens Day, health care Chronicle staff report FacebookTwitterEmail Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted: SATURDAY Women’s March event: A webinar on building community and equity, hosted by the Women’s March Foundation. Noon. More information is here. Health care for all: Rally to support state legislation, AB1400, supporting a single-payer system of health care. Organized by the Santa Clara Count...

Bay Area political events: Extremism in U.S., bolstering Black community Chronicle staff report FacebookTwitterEmail Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted: TUESDAY Extremism in the U.S.: A discussion on the spread of extremism and what can be done about it, with Seth Brysk of the Anti-Defamation League. Hosted by the Commonwealth Club. 5:30 p.m. More information is here. Election trends: A look at long-term political trends based on recent el...

KHN’s ‘What the health?’: Staffing up at HHS More than a month into President Joe Biden’s term, nominees to fill some of the top posts at the Department of Health and Human Services are finally getting confirmation hearings in the Senate, starting with the nominee for secretary, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. Barring something unexpected, it appears that Becerra, along with the surgeon general nominee, Vivek Murthy, and the nominee for assistant secretary for health, Rachel...

We are laying foundation for revolutionary achievements ― Gbajabiamila We are laying foundation for revolutionary achievements ― Gbajabiamila Share The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday, reiterated the resolve of the 9th Assembly’s resolve towards laying the foundation for the revolutionary achievements. Hon Gbajabiamila gave the assurance while receiving the report of the Sectoral Roundtable Session (SRS) on Nigeria’s healthcare delivery syste...

Looking To Switzerland As A Model For Reforming U.S. Health Care Switzerland is a health care model, experts say. When it comes to health care, it’s possible that the U.S. can have it all: a system in which universal coverage is affordable in a free market where carriers and brokers compete for business. That was the word from Avik Roy, who calls his plan Medicare Advantage for All. Roy is one of the founders of The Foundation for Research and Equal Opportunity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think...

What Change Looks Like in America It isn’t pretty. Case in point: health care. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo President Obama signs the Affordable Care Act, in the East Room of the White House, March 2010. St. Martin’s Press Seven-plus years after the launch of the Affordable Care Act marketplace, it’s clear that that program is fundamentally flawed. It’s undersubsidized, unduly complex, and lacking mechanisms for controlling the underlying cost of care. Looking back, it’...