August 2011 | Joel C. Cantor | Essay: Healthcare After 2014
Understandably, the attentions of health-policy watchers are focused intently on the implementation of the landmark 2010 health reform law. The future of the law seems as unsettled as ever. “Obama-care” draws sharp barbs in the nascent presidential-nominating race. Meanwhile, appellate review of constitutional challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) grinds toward a Supreme Court showdown. Closer to home, New Jersey — and indeed most state governments regardless of party control — is engaged in high-level decision making about how health insurance exchanges, oversight of private insurance and other features of the law will take shape as 2014 approaches, when most Americans will have to buy coverage or face penalties.