High deductible health plans promote prudent spending but ObamaCare threatens them
Consumer-directed health plans — not federal government dictates — have helped bring down costs. Obamacare should be expanding them — not regulating them out of existence. Continue reading
Health Care Plan Rebates Have Hidden Costs : Roll Call Opinion
“Although health insurers will pay some rebates this year, the cash should be treated as a short-term benefit with a long-term cost.” Continue reading
Health Care Plan Rebates Have Hidden Costs
“Although health insurers will pay some rebates this year, the cash should be treated as a short-term benefit with a long-term cost. Rebates will likely disappear in the future as the companies become more familiar with the regulation and learn how to game it.” Continue reading
Contra Rep. Amy Stephens, States should reject ObamaCare insurance exchanges
While Colorado Rep. Amy Stephens continues to support the government controlled health insurance exchange she established with SB-200, Michael Cannon at Cato explains why this is a bad idea: Continue reading
Many Hospitals, Doctors Offer Cash Discount for Medical Bills
Unknown to most consumers, many hospitals and physicians offer steep discounts for cash-paying patients regardless of income. … if you don’t use your health insurance. Continue reading
Three ‘What-if’ Scenarios for Obamacare & the Supreme Court
While the Supreme Court’s decision is likely a month away … Congress, state governments, and businesses across the country are puzzling over “what if” alternatives to try to be ready when the decision is issued. Here are the three most likely options: Continue reading
Three ‘What-if’ Scenarios for Obamacare & the Supreme Court
While the Supreme Court’s decision is likely a month away … Congress, state governments, and businesses across the country are puzzling over “what if” alternatives to try to be ready when the decision is issued. Here are the three most likely options: Continue reading
Small-business health plan tax credit? No thanks, ObamaCare!
Progress Now & the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative “thank” ObamaCare for a small-business tax credit for health coverage. No thanks! Continue reading
How Government Blocks Health Care Access for the Poor
State-level medical licensing laws prohibit doctors from providing charity care outside the state where they are licensed. Continue reading
Obamacare’s Tax on Medical Devices: Cuts R&D by $2 Billion a Year
Reduced investment in medical device research & development will “yield an annual decline of about 1 million expected life-years for the U.S. population. … The economic cost of that reduction in expected life-years would be at least $100 billion per year.” Continue reading
Obamacare’s Tax on Medical Devices: Cuts R&D by $2 Billion a Year
Reduced investment in medical device research & development will “yield an annual decline of about 1 million expected life-years for the U.S. population. … The economic cost of that reduction in expected life-years would be at least $100 billion per year.” Continue reading
Colorado should let Medicaid recipients supplement Medicaid payments with their own money
If low-income families were allowed to add…their own money to the Medicaid rate … we could make high-quality, very accessible primary care available to millions of people. Continue reading
