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  • Obamacare: Cost vs. Access

    BY ARYEH MELLMAN After five years, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is staggering toward the end of its gauntlet of political, legal, and implementation challenges. To paraphrase Nancy Pelosi, it’s time to find out not just what is i n the law, but the ultimate effects of the law. From the time the ACA was…

  • Obamacare

    BY  JULIA KONG for GLOBEMED The Affordable Care Act (known as Obamacare) went into effect earlier this month, bringing about the largest overhaul of our health care system since the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid. Our country is split on the changes to come, but the bottom line remains that the old system left our…

  • Someone enroll this guy in Intro to Public Heath

    WUPR’s very own Steven Perlberg recently blogged about the inconsistency of Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s recent comment about emergency health care with his past stance, when he was Governor of Massachusetts. Just to refresh your mind, here’s the matter at hand: Romney: Well, we do provide care for people who don’t have insurance, people–…