ObamaCare fallout Archives - Independence Institute

ObamaCare forces insurers to withdraw from markets 0
- March 7, 2011
“The impact of new rules on health insurance is causing people throughout the country to ‘lose the coverage they have now’ and to have many fewer options. …This leaves customers with fewer options of affordable coverage in an increasingly non-competitive market.” reports Grace-Marie Turner. Read the short paper summarizing the instances so far.
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ObamaCare still bad: Cato Institute updates Bad Medicine 0
- March 1, 2011
The Cato Institute has published an updated version of “Bad Medicine: A Guide to the Real Costs & Consequences of the New Health Care Law.” It will increase increase taxes, insurance premiums, “stage for government rationing & interference with how doctors practice medicine,” & make many people’s health plan illegal.
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ObamaCare may sink like the Titanic 0
- February 15, 2011
“The RMS Titanic remains the quintessential metaphor that symbolizes avoidable but inexorable downfall because of hubris and incompetence. In our new century, Obamacare may supplant it,” writes Milton Wolf. He explains why in “USS Obamacare takes on more water,” published in the Washington Times.
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Aetna leaves Colorado’s individual insurance market 0
- February 7, 2011
Aetna has stopped selling individual health insurance policies in Colorado. The Wall Street Journal interviews an analyst who suggests the ObamaCare’s medical-loss ratio rules “likely triggered Aetna’s decision to quit Colorado.”
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How many are uninsurable because of pre-existing conditions?0
- January 26, 2011
An HHS study says 1% of Americans have been denied coverage because of a pre-existing conditions. Economists conclude that less than 1% of the population is uninsurable. The individual market pools risks well, and that allowing insurers to risk-rate premiums would encourage innovative products like health status insurance.
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Health insurance takeover alert: Insurers selling different products 0
- January 10, 2011
The Denver Business Journal reports that last year’s health control bill has “sped up the pace” of Colorado health insurers’ offering products other than medical insurance. You might think the proponents of “reform” want a government takeover of the health insurance business.
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