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How Obamacare may morph into Medicaid

  • Written by JB Silvers, Professor of Health Finance, Case Western Reserve University

The slow-motion consideration by Congress and the president to change the Affordable Care Act is likely to produce surprising results. The insurance market does not go into suspended animation while Washington debates.

In fact, starting this month, insurers face a series of filing deadlines that will determine what comes next for health insurance...

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