minimum income deemed adequate to live in a specific country or place
By design, expansion ignores assets, allowing even the wealthiest individuals to qualify so long as their reported income is low enough. Meanwhile, the vulnerable groups that Medicaid was designed to…
Andrew Biggs offers one recommendation to help address Social Security’s long-term viability. Social Security remains the largest federal spending program. After Medicare, it’s the second-largest driver of long-term deficits. As…
Charles Blahous and Liam Sigaud of the Mercatus Center document a negative consequence of Medicaid expansion. Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is generally associated in expansion states…
For roughly the past year, JLF’s Jordan Roberts has been working with RIP Medical Debt to erase nearly $3 million in medical debt for North Carolina and South Carolina families.…
This week, JLF’s Jordan Roberts published a research brief on the recently released Census Bureau report on health insurance coverage in 2018. Roberts writes: The total number of individuals without…
As Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBS NC) waits for the Department of Insurance (DOI) to approve an average 18.8 percent premium increase for 2017 health plans, yesterday’s Wall…
The White House considers the latest enrollment period to purchase non group health care plans a success — 11.4 million people and counting. Success shouldn’t be determined by the tally…
We often hear references to the federal poverty level when discussing government welfare programs. I always get confused when I hear it in the form of a percentage since I…
A report from the NC Justice Center’s Budget & Tax Center concluded 20% of North Carolina families “can’t afford essentials and are not moving up financially.” Those conducting the study…
In today’s National Center for Policy Analysis blog: Under ObamaCare, states must decide whether or not to expand their Medicaid programs to individuals earning up to 138 percent of the…
Robert VerBruggen of Real Clear Policy examines a key unintended consequence of subsidies tied to the Affordable Care Act. In its recent report addressing the employment-reducing effects of Obamacare, the…
Some couples will face serious financial burdens once they find out that earning just one dollar above the Obamacare subsidy threshold could mean paying up to an extra $20,000 for…