Liberty
Crony Capitalism and the ACA
At Forbes.com, economist John Goodman reviews a new book about the making of the Affordable Care Act. The book is Stephen Brill’s America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals and the Fight…
Medicare Advantage
Health insurance coverage plan for Medicare Part C
Budget, Taxation & Economy
An Obamacare tax that affects most people
Richard Pollock of the Daily Caller offers details about an obscure Obamacare-related tax that affects everyone who purchases health insurance. All Americans who bought health insurance policies this year –…
Health Care
Cost-cutting measure leads to unintended consequences in Medicare
The latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek features John Tozzi’s brief article on the unexpected results of an effort to reduce Medicare expenses. Two years ago, Anita Silingo accused health insurance…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Another delay in Obamacare implementation
Megan McArdle explains for Bloomberg View readers the federal government’s latest step to delay implementation of one of the Affordable Care Act’s most unpopular elements. If you got health insurance…
Health Care
TIME’s Klein pans ‘Mediscare’ ads from Democrats
No one would accuse TIME columnist Joe Klein of harboring any love for Republicans. That’s why it’s interesting to read Klein taking Democrats to task for reviving the strategy of…
Health Care
Washington Examiner columnist points to ‘ominous’ sign for Obamacare’s viability
Philip Klein of the Washington Examiner analyzes the impact of the federal government’s decision to reverse planned cuts to Medicare Advantage. Obamacare’s expansion of insurance coverage is projected to cost…
Health Care
Weekly Standard’s Cost confronts some inconvenient facts about Obamacare
Jay Cost writes for The Weekly Standard about key flaws built into the fundamental architecture of the Affordable Care Act. [C]uts to Medicare Advantage are not bugs. They are features…
Liberty
Know Someone Who Likes Medicare Advantage?
I do. You should have them watch a short video from the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which details the shell game involving Obamacare and Medicare Advantage.…
Liberty
HS & JM (cont’d) . . . 8
Healthcare reform: Miller: The healthcare bill needs to be repealed. It was horrible with the backroom deals. It was more of a trophy, and states are questioning its Constitutionality. The…
Liberty
Premiums rising, policies disappearing
In response to my Health Care Update (sign up here) on disappearing health care plans, I received a note from somebody who will lose her Medicare Advantage insurance plan on…
Health Care
Even fewer people can keep their insurance
"If you already have health insurance, the only thing that will change for you under this plan is the amount of money you will spend on premiums. That will be…
Liberty
Why the Feds Hope Andy Will Sway Seniors
The feds are using liberal Democrat Andy Griffith to try to convince seniors that “good things are coming” with ObamaCare. The reality is that seniors — particularly those with Medicare…