IN THIS ISSUE: HSAs Will Aggravate MiseryMandatory Health Insurance Now! Absolutely the Next Big Thing Unprecedented Buying Activism A Fundamental Reorientation is Underway "HSAs Will Aggravate Misery" We have quite a backlog of items to review this week. Certainly the most peculiar is an essay posted on www.LewRockwell.com, which bills itself as … [Read more...] about A Profound Change is Underway
A Profound Change is Underway
IN THIS ISSUE: HSAs Will Aggravate MiseryMandatory Health Insurance Now! Absolutely the Next Big Thing Unprecedented Buying Activism A Fundamental Reorientation is Underway "HSAs Will Aggravate Misery" We have quite a backlog of items to review this week. Certainly the most peculiar is an essay posted on www.LewRockwell.com, which bills itself as "the premier … [Read more...] about A Profound Change is Underway
Two Hearings
The issue of drug pricing continued to dominate the health policy debate this week. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held two hearings on drug importation, and several of our health policy colleagues were invited to testify: Stephen Pollard of the Centre for the New Europe in Brussels, Bob Goldberg of the Manhattan Institute, and Ben Zycher of the Pacific Research … [Read more...] about Two Hearings
Joint Statement on Tax and Health Reform
The debate over tax reform provides an historic opportunity to address the tax treatment of health insurance. Many of the problems in our health sector are rooted in the tax code, and reforming the tax treatment of health insurance is essential to creating a more efficient and more equitable market for medical care and health insurance in the United States. Click here to read the cover letter … [Read more...] about Joint Statement on Tax and Health Reform
"Business Insurance" Takes a Close Look at Consumer Driven Health
IN THIS ISSUE: Whole Foods' John Mackey is Enthusiastic Not All Employers Find Huge Bargains Integrating HRAs, FSAs, and HSAs Employees are "Starting to be Engaged" HRA Companies Find Significant Savings "All Employers Would be Wise to Consider" HDHPs … [Read more...] about "Business Insurance" Takes a Close Look at Consumer Driven Health
Joint Statement on Tax and Health Reform
The debate over tax reform provides an historic opportunity to address the tax treatment of health insurance. Many of the problems in our health sector are rooted in the tax code, and reforming the tax treatment of health insurance is essential to creating a more efficient and more equitable market for medical care and health insurance in the United States. Click here to read the cover letter … [Read more...] about Joint Statement on Tax and Health Reform
“Business Insurance” Takes a Close Look at Consumer Driven Health
IN THIS ISSUE: Whole Foods' John Mackey is Enthusiastic Not All Employers Find Huge Bargains Integrating HRAs, FSAs, and HSAs Employees are "Starting to be Engaged" HRA Companies Find Significant Savings "All Employers Would be Wise to Consider" HDHPs "Business Insurance" Takes a Close Look at Consumer Driven … [Read more...] about “Business Insurance” Takes a Close Look at Consumer Driven Health
Brouhaha
The brouhaha over Medicare and prescription drugs escalated this week with an irresponsible story in The Washington Post on Wednesday claiming that ?the new Medicare prescription drug benefit will cost more than $1.2 trillion in the coming decade,? triple the original cost estimates. But Post reporters Ceci Connolly and Mike Allen made two huge mistakes and so far are resisting White House demands … [Read more...] about Brouhaha