Tag: health insurance
Why compassionate people should reject Bernie’s single-payer health care plan
October 5, 2017 | Post
The government has been ruining US health care since 1946.
How this screwy IRS policy kickstarted the American health care crisis
September 6, 2017 | Post
As a believer in small government, I usually favor anything that reduces taxes. But this tax break has wreaked havoc on American health care.
Are Americans getting too much healthcare?
April 2, 2017 | Post
During policy debates on healthcare most people assume that more healthcare leads to better outcomes. What if that assumption is false?
Healthcare will never be affordable without action on prices
March 25, 2017 | Post
Republican reformers have repeatedly promised affordable healthcare for all Americans — doubly affordable, in fact. They promise sufficient subsidies to put premiums and out-of-pocket costs within reach of low- and middle-income consumers. At the same time, they promise that the plan will be affordable to the federal budget, even given the constraints their most conservative […]
Was Obamacare truly evil, or just a missed opportunity?
February 26, 2017 | Post
I do favor some role for the government. One idea for overcoming the free rider problem is mandatory health saving accounts and catastrophic insurance. (The alternative is letting people who choose not to be insured simply die when they are sick. Even if that’s the right policy, society is not willing to adopt it—so health savings accounts seem like a good second best policy.)
It’s time to face Obamacare’s problems
November 6, 2016 | Post
Obamacare is breaking down just as its critics predicted.
Profit Shouldn’t Be a Dirty Word In Drug Development
October 2, 2016 | Post
The spread of markets into the healthcare sector has allowed us to live longer than ever before.
The Obamacare Horror Stories Aren’t Slowing Down
September 11, 2016 | Post
Without young, healthy individuals buying insurance and thereby paying into the system, the government is finding itself saddled with the responsibility for supporting the healthcare of the older, sicker population.
The Growing Politicization of Healthcare Thanks to Obamacare
August 23, 2016 | Post
Obamacare concentrates the health insurance market into politically connected health insurance firm at the expense of consumers.