uninsured cost-shift

Colorado Medicaid expansion: Denver Business Journal spreads myth of unsinsured cost-shift 0
- January 8, 2013
Medicaid, through low doctor payment rates, increases insurance premiums. This amount is much more than the amount uninsured people increase premiums when they do not pay part of all of their medical bills. Continue reading →
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Your health care: Don’t trust the Colorado Trust 0
- April 2, 2012
Mandatory insurance isn’t about personal responsibility or reducing cost-shifting. It’s about using politically-controlled health plans to advance political control of your medical care. Continue reading →
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San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center spreads flawed justifications for mandatory insurance 0
- November 28, 2011
Gena Akers of the San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center writes that requiring people to buy politician-approved health plan “works” because “free-riders are not allowed, therefore no cost-shifting.” This common justification for mandatory insurance (a.k.a., the individual mandate) is dubious at best and misleading at worst. Continue reading →
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Colorado underestimates Medicaid cost, scales back program 0
- September 7, 2011
Colorado Medicaid grossly underestimates costs of expanded eligibility, & limits eligibility to the program. The underestimate shouldn’t surprise anyone – it’s typical of government estimates. Continue reading →
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Hickenlooper’s veto of SB 11-213 insults low-income parents 0
- June 27, 2011
Published in the Boulder Daily Camera: Maintaining current Child Health Plan fees would not only be an injustice to taxpayers, but also an insult to eligible parents. The fees imply that parents value enjoying life’s amenities more than their own children’s health.
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Mitt Romney, mandatory health insurance, & the phony free-rider justification 0
- May 25, 2011
“[I]f the individual mandate’s purpose is to prevent free riders from shifting the cost of their emergency care to others, all it should require is … insurance to cover a trip to the emergency room. Instead, both RomneyCare and ObamaCare require everyone to be covered for numerous benefits going far beyond emergency care.” – Jeff Jacoby
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