New trend in job-based insurance: Defined-contribution for health insurance replace defined benefits as 401(k)s replaced pensions
WSJ: “A radical change in the way they provide health benefits to their workers-giving employees a fixed sum of money and allowing them to choose their medical coverage and insurer from an online marketplace.” Continue reading
Free-market solutions for pre-existing conditions, & without ObamaCare’s perverse incentives
Here are ten ways to deal with the problem of pre-existing conditions that give people good incentives instead of perverse incentives. Continue reading
Free-market solutions for pre-existing conditions, & without ObamaCare’s perverse incentives
Here are ten ways to deal with the problem of pre-existing conditions that give people good incentives instead of perverse incentives. Continue reading
Federal judge bars enforcement of contraception mandate on Colorado Company
A senior U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Colorado issued an order forbidding the government from taking action against a company called Hercules Industries for refusing to provide contraceptive coverage to its employees. Continue reading
Insurance with HSAs gain popularity, but authorities want to ban them
It figures. Health Savings Accounts, or HSAs, have been so successful at reducing the cost of health care, the ObamaCare people are out to get them.” Continue reading
Stopping Obamacare: 10 Reasons to Oppose the “Exchanges”
As listed by the Citizens Council for Health Freedom Continue reading
If ObamaCare survives the Supreme Court, legal battle has just begun
Under the guise of implementing the law, the IRS has announced it will impose a tax of up to $3,000 per worker on employers whom Congress has not authorized a tax. … If the IRS doesn’t impose that unauthorized tax, the whole law could collapse. Continue reading
Things You May Not Know About Government and Obesity
For example, “American taxpayers pay almost as much for government feeding programs as overweight and obesity generate in excess medical costs.” 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
RAND Corp: High-deductible health plans could Save $57.1 Billion per Year
RAND Corp: “Growth Of Consumer-Directed Health Plans To One-Half Of All Employer-Sponsored Insurance Could Save $57 Billion Annually” Continue reading
What is Unique about U.S. Health Care? Patients are not the paying customers
Americans control less of our own health spending than do residents of other developed countries. After ObamaCare is defeated, reversing his long-term trend must be the top priority of the real health reform that replaces it. Continue reading
How Obamacare will HSA-qualified plans more costly
At Forbes, Avik Roy explains how government bureaucrats will make high-deductible insurance plans that qualify for Health Savings Accounts more expensive, even though such plans promote prudent medical spending. Continue reading
