Editorial: Support for Obamacare?

The Effect of Issue Framing on Public Support for Obamacare

Currently, the United States Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is one of the most contentious laws ever passed by Congress. For the first time in the nation’s history, thousands of individuals will be allowed to obtain health insurance under a government-controlled system. At the same time, in the field of political science, the framing of issues by both the media and politicians forms...

The future of Obamacare.

n engl j med 367;23 nejm.org december 6, 2012 2165 it passed Congress without a sin­ gle Republican vote, and the GOP subsequently mounted legal and legislative challenges to Obama­ care, vowing to repeal and re­ place it. The Supreme Court decision in June 2012 upholding the ACA’s constitutionality dealt a serious blow to the law’s opponents. Now, in the aftermath of the 2012 elections, with P...

Guest editorial - network support for multicast communications

M ANY networked applications rely on multicast communications for efficient operation. These applications include video conferencing, video distribution, computer supported collaborative work (CSCW), distributed games, and wide-scale information dissemination. These applications require a variety of services from the network beyond the provision of efficient routes between participants. Multica...

Obamacare, Medicare, and baseball's greatest pitchers.

Obamacare and the Theory of the Firm

The fragmented nature of the U.S. healthcare system is quite anomalous. A hilarious video on YouTube makes the point well, asking what it would be like if air travel worked like healthcare.1 In this alternative world, we see an unfortunate consumer trying to book a crosscountry fl ight to Oregon. He discovers he needs to book separately with an East Coast specialist to get him to Chicago and a ...