After 25 years working for a variety of health insurance companies as a medical director and in leadership roles, I have a few well-informed opinions about health care reform. I fully support universal coverage and single payor. The most reliable source of information is the website of Physicians for a National Health Plan

Substack postings on Health Care Reform

Why are there so many bad choices in health insurance?

Comments on the Affordable Care Act and Health Republic:

I was privileged to serve as Medical Director for two health plans created under the Affordable Care Act: Health Republic Insurance of New York, and Health Republic Insurance of New Jersey. Formed as Community Owned and Operated Health Plans (COOP), they represented two of the 23 COOPs designed to increase competition. The majority of these COOPs failed due to the withdrawal of federal funding at the end of the first year. Notwithstanding the many challenges of the New York and New Jersey COOPs, these plans would have succeeded if that funding had remained available.

Supreme Court Rules for Insurers in $12 Billion Obamacare Case - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

COOPs the Underdog in the US Health Care Marketplace

 Health Affairs Policy Brief on COOPs

Nonprofit Health Plans: Designed to compete for the public good October 2014

Health Republic Insurance of New Jersey 2013 and 2015

Tough Going for Health COOPs September 2015

Why Are many COOPs failing? Commonwealth Fund December 2015

Crain's report on Health Republic Insurance of New York, April 2016

What happened to the State Health Insurance COOPs? November 2016 update

Is Obamacare Succeeding in New York? Crain's October 2016

Health Republic's big deficit means hospitals likely out millions, Politico November 2016

Administrative, network costs doomed New York City health plan startups