Insurance Analysts: Obamacare to Increase Out-of-Pocket Premium Costs for Some, Despite Subsidies
[A] new study by two members of the American Academy of Actuaries finds that tens of millions of Americans will be exposed to increased insurance costs, even when one takes the value of Obamacare’s subsidies into account. Continue reading
Is ObamaCare’s medical-loss ratio mandate increase health insurance premiums
“[T]here are few signs that health care will become more affordable as a result of the law. Indeed, it increasingly looks as if the opposite could be true — that ObamaCare may be causing higher premiums rather than preventing them.” Continue reading
The Obama Administration’s Illegal Health Care Taxes: an Update
There have been several developments with respect to the Obama administration’s attempt to impose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s employer-mandate penalties and individual-mandate penalties where it has no authority to do so. Continue reading
Fiscal cliff deal: “rotten,” “hideous,” “dismal”
Some perspectives from Reason and the Cato Institute on the bipartisan deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” Continue reading
Regardless of fiscal cliff, ObamaCare will make you pay more in taxes
Cliff or no cliff, taxes will go way up next year because of Obamacare. Continue reading
ObamaCare: 21 States Reject Insurance Exchanges Over Cost, Rules
In “ObamaCare: 21 States Reject Exchanges On Cost, Rules,” David Hogberg at Investors Business Daily writes: The exchanges are where consumers without employer-based coverage will shop for insurance under ObamaCare and receive a tax credit toward its purchase if they … Continue reading
If mandatory insurance is a “tax”, then ObamaCare violates Constitute’s Uniformity Clause
By defining the mandate as a tax, one that will not be uniformly applied, the Supreme Court ran afoul of the Constitution. Continue reading
What States Should Build Instead of Obamacare’s Health Insurance Exchanges
“Without a state-based alternative, Obamacare’s individual mandate will force many state residents to purchase expensive exchange-based coverage. If that system fails, with no viable fall-back option, expect calls for true single-payer health care to escalate.” Continue reading
Reuters: One-third of senior executives “are holding back hiring because of” Obamacare
In Adecco’s poll of senior executives, 55 percent named healthcare benefits as their biggest current business challenge, and about a third say they are holding back hiring because of healthcare reforms introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama. Continue reading
Linda Gorman: Romney’s health care plan would increase choice & competition, reduce wasteful spending
“Gov. Romney’s proposed reforms recognize that 70 years of regulatory accretion has compromised the ability of the system to adjust to dramatic demographic, economic and technological change.” Continue reading
Linda Gorman: Romney’s health care plan would increase choice & competition, reduce wasteful spending
“Gov. Romney’s proposed reforms recognize that 70 years of regulatory accretion has compromised the ability of the system to adjust to dramatic demographic, economic and technological change.” Continue reading
ObamaCare’s perverse incentives harm those with pre-existing conditions
There’s no need to turn the entire system upside down to help the people who can’t buy private insurance. Continue reading
