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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Observercast

Shocking Sloppiness Won’t Doom Health Reforms

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BY FROMA HARROP How many politicians, aides, lobbyists, lawyers, insurance moguls, professional groups and interns – both the political and medical kind – agonized over the details in the Affordable Care Act? The number is big. But despite thousands of hands in the kitchen, the final product included four words that cast doubt on a cornerstone of the reforms – subsidies for those buying coverage on federal health insurance exchanges. Unbelievable. Die-hard foes of the […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.