Drew Altman

There have been temporary successes, but always health care costs have bounced back with a vengeance.

There have been temporary successes, but always health care costs have bounced back with a vengeance.

There are lots of things on the table, but there's nothing that will have a significant impact on the rate read more

There are lots of things on the table, but there's nothing that will have a significant impact on the rate of increase of health care costs.

The positive drum beat has caught up with the negative one. But on an individual basis, most seniors still can't read more

The positive drum beat has caught up with the negative one. But on an individual basis, most seniors still can't answer the big question: 'What does it mean for me?

If health insurance was working properly, the sicker you are, the more protection you would have. It seems to be read more

If health insurance was working properly, the sicker you are, the more protection you would have. It seems to be working backwards, the sicker you are, the more trouble you have paying bills.

This is a slow but perceptible fraying of our employment-based system, ... what I call the drip, drip, drip (of read more

This is a slow but perceptible fraying of our employment-based system, ... what I call the drip, drip, drip (of health coverage).