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Fellow Suzanne Mettler

Suzanne Mettler is the Clinton Rossiter Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University, where she conducts research and teaches on American politics and public policy.

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• In The News: The Efficacy of the Affordable Care Act
  Rachel Maddow's blog cites TCF's Greg Anrig and Harold Pollack on how Health Reform is helping people today.
  Feb 1, 2012
• In The News: A Quiet Triumph of Obama Care
  Harold Pollack and Greg Anrig write in Washington Monthly.
  Jan 30, 2012
• In The News: No, Doctors Don't Hate Obamacare
  Harold Pollack published in The New Republic.
  Jan 19, 2012
• Blog Post: Best and Worst Health Policy Stories of 2011
  In health policy, 2011 was a nail-biter of a year. With the Supreme Court set to weigh in on the individual mandate and related matters, with the...
  Dec 19, 2011
• Commentary: The Snapshot: The American Public Still Backs Health Reform
  By Ruy Teixeira
  Dec 5, 2011
• Blog Post: Graph of the Day: Rising Health Care Costs, Redux
  Yesterday I looked at the Commonwealth Fund’s latest annual report , which shows that U.S. health care costs continue to be the highest in the...
  Nov 15, 2011
• Blog Post: There Is No "Silver Lining" in Repealing Insurance Mandate
  Earlier this week, as the Supreme Court continued to mull over which of the four legal challenges to the health reform law they will choose to...
  Nov 4, 2011
• Blog Post: In CLASS Act Demise, Wake-Up Call For Action in Long-Term Care Crisis
  If the demise of CLASS has any greater meaning, perhaps it will serve as a wake-up call for Americans that we need an enduring solution to the...
  Nov 2, 2011
• Blog Post: The Future of Health Care Reform: Health Wonk Review Raises Some Provocative Questions:
  Should the Preventive Services Task Force Depend on Congress for Funding?
  Oct 24, 2011
• Blog Post: New State Laws Focus on the “Supply Side” of Abortion; Targeting Providers
  Over the past decade, state laws restricting abortion have mostly focused on trying to reduce demand for the service. Some states do this simply by...
  Oct 24, 2011
• Blog Post: A CLASS Act Failure
  Sen. Orin Hatch (R-UT) called it a “Ponzi scheme,” President Barack Obama held it up as a testament to the work of Ted Kennedy who wanted to...
  Oct 17, 2011
• Blog Post: Health Insurers in the Spotlight
  Consumer Reports Publishes Quality Rankings; HHS Makes Rate Increases Public; They Can Run, But . . . 
  Oct 14, 2011
• Blog Post: FDA Behind The Curve In Monitoring Safety of Approved Drugs
  Over the past decade or so, there have been at least 20 prescription drugs removed from the market, including several cases of high-profile ...
  Oct 13, 2011
• Blog Post: “Essential Benefits” that Insurers Must Offer under Health Care Reform
  Will Universal Coverage Mean “Medicaid for All”?
  Oct 10, 2011
• Blog Post: “Essential Benefits” that Insurers Must Offer Under Health Care Reform
  Will Universal Coverage Mean “Medicaid for All”?
  Oct 7, 2011
• Blog Post: Medical Industrial Complex Announces $3 Million Campaign to Maim Health Care Reform
  A new group that calls itself “Partnership for America” has announced that it will be spending $3 mllion on a campaign to “freeze, ...
  Oct 7, 2011
• Blog Post: Health Care Reform: The Next Stage, Part 1
  Free Market Competition Cannot Make Heath Care Efficient: Why Health Care Should Be Regulated, Not By Government, but By Science
  Oct 6, 2011
• Blog Post: Health Care Reform: The Next Stage, Part 1
  Free Market Competition Cannot Make Heath Care Efficient: Why Health Care Should Be Regulated, Not By Government, but By Science
  Oct 6, 2011
• Blog Post: In Survey, Doctors Report Providing “Too Much Care”
  According to a new survey, nearly half of primary care physicians believe that their patients are “receiving too much care;” mostly in the ...
  Sep 29, 2011
• Blog Post: The Affordable Care Act: Laying Out the Details in One Place
  Over at The American Prospect, Robert Kuttner makes an important point: “in 2010 Republicans convinced a lot of seniors that the Affordable Care Act would come at the expense of Medicare. In truth, you can demonstrate that the ACA will actually save costs without cutting care,” he adds.
  Sep 19, 2011