It has been an interesting couple of weeks for those of us concerned with improving the health of our communities. The last half of March had us celebrating the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act and listening to the oral arguments before the U

Bipartisan friendships have not been on display in Washington, DC of late, but a recent event there showed how two committed advocates for consumers battling mental health and substance use disorders are letting neither their retirement from Congress nor

After a week of deciphering arcane acts and constitutional powers, one thing remains clear: the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is law. It was law last week, it is law today, and it will be law tomorrow. We all remember its development, passage and signing int

Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s Medicaid expansion (the planned increase in the number of low-income adults who are able to receive Medicaid coverage in 2014) is constitutional. The plaintiffs will a

This is a guest post from our partner Health Care for All in Massachusetts.  Republicans have called it the end of liberty in America. Santorum said it would "crush freedom." Yet here in Massachusetts, the individual mandate is just part of the landscape,

After a week of celebrating the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it is increasingly difficult to dismiss all the good that health reform is doing. Whether you are someone with a pre-existing condition who now has access to health insur

Adam Searing, Director of the North Carolina Justice Center’s Health Access Coalition! Good storytelling is an art, but people who are good storytellers have a knack for making it look easy. Adam Searing not only tells a good story, he shows other people

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments next week on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, most legal experts expect the court to uphold the law . I’m not a constitutional scholar or even a lawyer (and who knows what this court will do

Last Monday, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the final rules for the establishment of state Exchanges, a competitive marketplace for individuals and small businesses to purchase insurance. In addition to providing guidance t