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Obamacare Is Experimenting on Us (Does That Make Us Frankenstein or Fusilli?)
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Obamacare is a large, unwieldy law. Despite its complexity, most people are familiar with its most important elements. They know it created a marketplace where people can shop for healthcare insurance; many are even aware … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, health policy, Obamacare
Bait and Switch: The Sneaky Way Your Employer Just Passed Healthcare Costs onto You
Shutterstock If you get health insurance through your job, beware: you might be picking up more of the cost of your medical care than you realize. With increasing frequency, employers are directing their workers to the kind of high deductible, … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA, health insurance, health policy, healthcare costs, Obamacare
Everyone Agrees Obamacare Prices Have Been Rising Rapidly (But Everyone Is Wrong)
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) It has been well publicized that premiums for Obamacare insurance plans have been rising at a disturbing rate. Local news is filled with reports of 21.5%, 36.3% and even higher price hikes. President Trump complained in February that Obamacare premiums “have … Continue reading
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How Companies Can Save Millions on Healthcare Benefits (without Harming Employees)
The free market is supposed to be efficient. Yet employers are throwing away hundreds of millions of dollars, by not giving their employees intelligently designed healthcare benefits that encourage them to shop for affordable lab tests. Right now, when your … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA, AHCA, healthcare costs, Obamacare
Another Obamacare Failure: It Wasn’t a Job Killer!
According to many conservative pundits, Obamacare is a job killer. Five days before Obama signed the law, in fact, speaker John Boehner declared that the president was pushing “his job killing government takeover of healthcare that will hurt small businesses.” Years after … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA, Obamacare, partisanship, political psychology