The Plum Line: Obamacare


Posted at 05:46 PM ET, 06/06/2013

Don't sweat Obamacare's low approval ratings
By Jonathan Bernstein
What will really matter is how implementation goes. Today's polls are irrelevant.

By Jonathan Bernstein  |  05:46 PM ET, 06/06/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  affordable care act, Obamacare

Posted at 04:15 PM ET, 05/31/2013

More good news on Medicare and Affordable Care Act implementation
By Jonathan Bernstein
Caution is reasonable, but most of the news in health care these days has been pretty good

By Jonathan Bernstein  |  04:15 PM ET, 05/31/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  health care, Medicare, Obamacare

Posted at 04:02 PM ET, 05/27/2013

Ignore those polls! (Obamacare edition)
By Jonathan Bernstein
The latest findings are unlikely to predict how people will feel about programs once they are implemented

By Jonathan Bernstein  |  04:02 PM ET, 05/27/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  health care, Obamacare

Posted at 12:13 PM ET, 05/27/2013

Obamacare isn't going away, so Republicans should work toward reform
By Jamelle Bouie
Rather than work to correct flaws in the health-care law, GOP members hold to the idea of repealing the whole thing.

By Jamelle Bouie  |  12:13 PM ET, 05/27/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  health care, Obamacare

Posted at 04:04 PM ET, 05/16/2013

IRS scandal overreach?
By Greg Sargent
Will tying Obamacare repeal to the IRS story really pay any political dividends?

By Greg Sargent  |  04:04 PM ET, 05/16/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Obamacare

Posted at 01:22 PM ET, 05/10/2013

Why the GOP keeps trying to destroy Obamacare
By Jamelle Bouie
Republicans may soon be stuck in a position where they spent years opposing an entitlement their own voters have come to rely upon.

By Jamelle Bouie  |  01:22 PM ET, 05/10/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Obamacare

Posted at 11:28 AM ET, 03/22/2013

Phony deficit hawks
By Jamelle Bouie
The repeal of the medical device tax in Obamacare proves how hollow the rhetoric about deficit reduction really is.

By Jamelle Bouie  |  11:28 AM ET, 03/22/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Obamacare

Posted at 01:29 PM ET, 12/14/2012

Having failed to repeal Obamacare, Republicans refuse to implement it

By Greg Sargent
States that refuse to implement the law are only ceding more control to the feds -- in the name of states' rights.

By Greg Sargent  |  01:29 PM ET, 12/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  affordable care act, health care exchanges, Obamacare