AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota to expand Medicaid coverage
By Ryan Schuster Earlier this month North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed legislation allowing the state to expand Medicaid coverage to an estimated 20,000 North Dakotans who dont currently qualify...
Posted on 4/29/13 at 9:41 AM
NEW PLATEAUS On Freedom, China, and ObamaCare
Happy Fourth of July! Here are some thoughts about freedom. My friend, Susan, attends a very liberal liberal-arts college. It offers no majors or class requirements. The intention is to remove all r...
Posted on 7/4/12 at 9:22 AM
STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND Health care website launched
News release today from the White House: Last week, we launched a first-of-its-kind website that makes it easier to find health care coverage and clearly explains how new rules like the P...
Posted on 7/6/10 at 6:33 AM
States vary on dealing with Affordable Care Act exchanges 
Few states are as far along as Minnesota in establishing a state-based health insurance exchange program, and at last report only 17 have decided to set them up.
By Don Davis , December 01, 2012
Timeline for Affordable Care Act implementation
Timeline for Affordable Care Act implementation.
By Don Davis , December 01, 2012
Two years in, Obamacare still complex, uncertain
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may simply be called “Obamacare,” but no one calls it simple. And despite its name, Americans should not expect health-care costs to drop any time soon.
By Don Davis , December 01, 2012
Louane Beyer, Wilton, Minn., letter: Costs of Obamacare far outweigh benefits
The current administration front-loaded the popular provisions, such as keeping children on their parents’ plan until age 26 and prohibiting insurance companies from denying insurance for pre-existing conditions.
Then the administration left the harder parts — the mandate, the Independent Payment Advisory Board and the powers of the IRS — until 2014.
By Louane Beyer , October 29, 2012
John Crabtree, Lyons, Neb., letter: What Medicaid expansion means in N.D.
Medicaid provides a crucial health care safety net for those rural residents most in need. And the expansion of Medicaid would bring in hundreds of millions from the federal government by 2020, potentially paying for the creation of thousands of ongoing North Dakota jobs.
By John Crabtree , October 29, 2012
Dr. Siri Fiebiger, Fargo, column: Obamacare remains the prescription America needs
Though far from perfect, the Affordable Care Act begins to address the inequities of access that cost all of us dearly, including covering pre-existing conditions, young adults, and preventive care for women.
By Dr. Siri Fiebiger , October 07, 2012
Valerie Solem and Wendell Johnson, Crookston, letter: Accept rather than fight Affordable Care Act
We all will share the cost one way or another. So instead of trying to undermine health care for Minnesotans as well as all Americans, we should rather be embracing the Affordable Care Act.
By Valerie Solem and Wendell Johnson , September 10, 2012
Rep. Lee Kaldor, D-Mayville, column: GOP’s partisanship blocked vital grants
It was the Republicans who made child abuse a partisan issue during the 2011 regular session; and it was they who, if not making the problem worse, did not help where help was needed and where children’s lives were at stake.
By Lee Kaldor , September 05, 2012
Shirley Bohnsack, Mayville, letter: GOP plan cuts — make that guts — benefits
The Ryan/Romney/Berg plan also lets insurance companies once again discriminate due to pre-existing conditions, set yearly and lifetime caps on benefits and reinstate the donut hole.
The plan also guts Medicaid, which many seniors need to help pay for nursing home costs.
By Shirley Bohnsack , August 17, 2012
Greg Stites, Bismarck, letter: Berg not truthful on Medicare, Obamacare
A reader finds fault with Rick Berg's characterizations of the Affordable Care Act in campaign ads.
By Greg Stites , August 13, 2012
DAVID BROOKS: Don’t like Obamacare? Then vote it out
If Americans want to replace this thing, they should do it themselves.
By David Brooks , July 03, 2012
CAPITOL CHATTER: Health care dispute keeps on giving
The Minnesota House minority leader declared that the U.S. Supreme Court settled “once and for all” the federal health-care law dispute. The state’s senior U.S. senator said the court put “the law above politics.” Yes and no. It is a complex issue, and one that is far from over, especially in the political arena.
By Don Davis , June 30, 2012
Scramble to make sense of impact starts with law’s survival
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Bernie Dardis, who heads Indigo Signworks, was surprised by Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold the core of the sweeping health reform law. Now, as the executive responsible for providing health coverage for 120 employees, Dardis must figure out how to deal with the law, with many big provisions slated to take effect in 2014.
By Patrick Springer , June 29, 2012
N.D. politicians toe party lines in reaction to ruling
North Dakota politicians stood firm on party lines Thursday after the Supreme Court published a ruling that upholds the most significant and controversial portions of the 2010 health care reform law.
By Kristen M. Daum , June 29, 2012
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