Side Effects: Like Your HSA? Enjoy it While You Can
All presidential assurances to the contrary, you can’t keep what no longer exists—not even health coverage you like. Millions of people like Health Savings Accounts… Read More
All presidential assurances to the contrary, you can’t keep what no longer exists—not even health coverage you like. Millions of people like Health Savings Accounts… Read More
The President repeatedly promised that if you liked your health plan, you would be able to keep it. Nothing would change. Fat chance. In fact,… Read More
Why is there so much excessive—indeed, downright wasteful—spending in health care? One reason is the disconnection between patients’ wallets and their health care bills. Most… Read More
In passing Obamacare, Congress has put the states in quite a pickle. To sharply expand health coverage, Obamacare flung wide the gates of Medicaid eligibility…. Read More
Passage of Obamacare will have negative consequences for practically all Americans. However, it is the nation’s senior citizens who will get the short end of the… Read More
Remember how Obamacare was going to save big bucks and reduce wait time in emergency rooms? The idea was that millions of previously uninsured Americans… Read More
One of the great promises of Obamacare, you’ll recall, was that it would give folks working in small businesses better access to affordable care. “It… Read More
Yesterday we saw how Obamacare is leading large employers to contemplate dropping their coverage of employees. Today we learn it will cripple businesses’ ability to… Read More
Vague statutory language can make laws hard to interpret and enforce. And that’s certainly true of the recently-passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Exhibit A: Obamacare requires… Read More
This week, the White House issued rules for health insurers to extend dependent coverage to “children” up to 26 years old. Beyond keeping the “Big… Read More
Remember the White House’s insistence that, under Obamacare, you keep your insurance plan if you like it? We didn’t believe it then. Turns out we… Read More
Obamacare was going to expand access to higher-quality health care for all Americans, right? Well, though the legislation can purport to extend health insurance for… Read More
Fans of Obamacare promised it would be good for small and large employers alike. They should’ve checked with employers first. Mercer, a human resources consultancy,… Read More
No, this isn’t a Geico commercial. Come 2013, America’s bachelors may want to think twice before popping the question. Thanks to Obamacare, some couples can… Read More
Obamacare aims to insure the uninsured. To do that, the law bars insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions—but not until 2014. In… Read More
“If you like your current health coverage, you can keep it.” It was a key promise of Obamacare. But the new law gives government a… Read More
On the stump, Candidate Obama identified government entitlement spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security as the largest contributor to the federal deficit. If Congress… Read More
As we noted last week, Congress screwed up the language of their health care bill at their own expense. But, thanks to Obama administration lawyers,… Read More
Yesterday, the actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that runs the giant entitlement programs, released their analysis of the… Read More
It was one of the most oft-repeated promises of Obamacare: It will cover people, regardless of pre-existing conditions. But when it came time to make… Read More
In the mad dash to meet their strictly political deadline for passing Obamacare, lawmakers wound up victimizing many people. Including themselves. Members of Congress and… Read More
Obamacare requires all individuals to carry health insurance for themselves and their families. Those who don’t will have to pay a penalty. And the IRS… Read More
Doctors are becoming increasingly demoralized. And no wonder! They are losing control over their professional independence and the Washington lobbyists they hire to represent them… Read More
Patience will be more than a virtue, under Obamacare. It’ll be a necessity. A recent article from ABC News outlines why Americans can expect longer… Read More
College seniors are eagerly ordering caps and gowns for May graduation ceremonies. But graduation day often brings loss as well as gain. Many graduates will… Read More
No one can criticize the Obamacare legislation for being too short. But even at 2K+ pages, the new law fails to address some major problems… Read More
In recent years, the United States has faced a growing shortage of physicians. Under Obamacare, it will only get worse. Industry experts predict a 40,000… Read More
The national health reform rammed through Congress is giving state officials headaches. Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels outlines several problems… Read More
In the days and weeks following the signing of Obamacare into law, Administration officials have attempted to promote all of the legislation’s immediate impacts. Owners… Read More
Obamacare was sold as a way to improve benefits and expand coverage. But it doesn’t seem to be panning out that way. Almost immediately, major… Read More
