The oral arguments over ObamaCare have concluded at the Supreme Court, but they continue in the media with defenders of the unpopular law trying to patch together responses that they complain the government's attorneys couldn't muster in the courtroom. The latest example: A software technology executive penned an op-ed for The Washington Post claiming that there is no market for private health … [Read more...] about Needed: A Real Market For Health Insurance
Archives for April 2012
Reuters: Consumer-directed U.S. health insurance surges
There may not be a consensus in the nation's capital on how to control the cost of health care, but businesses and their employees are not sitting around waiting for clarity. They are voting with their wallets for one approach that's already available: Account-based health insurance plans, which offer lower premiums in exchange for high deductibles. Consumer-directed health insurance is a … [Read more...] about Reuters: Consumer-directed U.S. health insurance surges
Jim Capretta: CBO Confirms It: ObamaCare Creates an Unstable Disequilibrium in Insurance Subsidies
In March, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new studyon employee migration out of job-based plans and into ObamaCare’s state exchanges. The effect of ObamaCare on employer-based insurance has been a hotly debated topic ever since the law was enacted in March 2010. Several independent analysts predict that “dumping” into the exchanges will occur at a much higher rate than CBO assumed … [Read more...] about Jim Capretta: CBO Confirms It: ObamaCare Creates an Unstable Disequilibrium in Insurance Subsidies
Freedom on Call: Survey Shows How ObamaCare is Making Things Worse
Lost in all the publicity surrounding the two-year anniversary of ObamaCare and the Supreme Court arguments regarding same was an interesting study revealing once again how the 2,700-page law has fallen short. The annual Towers Watson survey of health plans, released last month, revealed how the law will harm millions of Americans this year: Higher Costs: Costs per employee will rise by $682 … [Read more...] about Freedom on Call: Survey Shows How ObamaCare is Making Things Worse
Tom Miller: Fleshing out health care federalism
Are we all health care federalists now? No more so than when we once were "all Keynesians now," in the words of President Richard Nixon, and Milton Friedman, over 40 years ago. Nevertheless, leading members of both political parties have tried to duck under their leaky umbrellas of rhetorical federalism when facing the monsoon of challenges posed by Obamacare. Republican presidential … [Read more...] about Tom Miller: Fleshing out health care federalism
What’s next? Step One after Obamacare
Obamacare is on the rocks, and the heart of the law - the individual mandate - or the whole thing could be struck down by the Supreme Court. Whatever the court does, the voters could finish the job in November. In anticipation, a great deal of work is being done behind the scenes on Capitol Hill, in the states and in the think-tank community to talk about what’s next. Medicaid reform is at … [Read more...] about What’s next? Step One after Obamacare
Tom Miller: ‘Grand experiment’ of health care law already hits families
Despite claims of a gender gap around President Obama's health care law, it turns out some moms are raising Cain over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Cafe Mom, the online meeting place for 9 million moms a month, reports that complaints from moms citing the law's new and impending provisions include rates having already doubled, higher premiums pricing families out of the … [Read more...] about Tom Miller: ‘Grand experiment’ of health care law already hits families
Joe Antos: The Individual Mandate Won’t Save Obamacare
For all the talk about the Affordable Care Act's mandate to purchase insurance, you might think that the mandate is the linchpin of the entire law. It isn't, at least from the standpoint of whether the insurance market will collapse without it. Even with the mandate, the ACA is likely to cause widespread and unnecessary disruption that will drive up the cost of insurance for the very people that … [Read more...] about Joe Antos: The Individual Mandate Won’t Save Obamacare