About Joanne Kenen
Contributing editor to Politico Magazine and former health care editor-at-large, Politico, Commonwealth Fund journalist in residence and assistant lecturer at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.)
The House Republicans have released an Obamacare replacement plan – though it’s sparse on details. That’s partly because the Republicans themselves don’t agree on all the specifics – and it’s partly because politically it doesn’t really behoove them to put out all the details and let Democrats shoot it down between now and November.
Most of the ideas you’ve heard before – high-risk pools ($25 billion for that over 10 years, one of the few specifics in the GOP white paper), tax credits, tax-favored health savings accounts, the ability to buy insurance across state lines (which critics say undermine consumer protections). Continue reading →
Contributing editor to Politico Magazine and former health care editor-at-large, Politico, Commonwealth Fund journalist in residence and assistant lecturer at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.