Insurance Woes

Byadmin June 18, 2014

A great cartoon from the Kaiser Health News website that pithily captures the “wonders” of the American health insurance system.

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Are Rare Diseases Too Expensive to Treat?
Byadmin September 6, 2012

See this great piece by a reporter at Forbes discussing why rare disease treatments can cost as much as $400,000 per patient, per year. You will get a glimpse of my take on this topic too, but I plan on writing more about it in the future.

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If You Don’t Have Employer Insurance, You Probably Have a High Deductible
Byadmin August 15, 2016

Most people in the United States get health insurance either through their employer or through government programs like Medicare and Medicaid. But some people have to find other ways to get healthcare insurance, with an increasing number of people doing so through the Obamacare exchanges, or “marketplaces.” In fact, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation…

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Does Health Insurance Improve Health? Evidence from Massachusetts
Byadmin February 20, 2014

It is always important to remember that healthcare and health insurance are two very different things, and neither of them is a guarantee of good health. Therefore, when people talk about Obamacare providing people with medical care, we have to remember that it primarily provides people with health care insurance. And as I have written about previously, insurance coverage…

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SCOTUS Has Ruled on Obamacare. So What’s Next?
Byadmin June 25, 2015

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court Thursday spared the Affordable Care Act from what would have been a death blow. The Court’s action upholds the right of the federal government to subsidize low-income Americans who purchase health insurance through healthcare.gov, the federal exchange. Infamous for its rocky start, healthcare.gov now presents millions of Americans…

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Uncovered: In America, Insurance Doesn’t Guarantee Access and Coverage Doesn’t Mean You’re Covered
Byadmin August 13, 2019January 15, 2020

Something like one in seven people living in the US have no healthcare insurance. In fact, the number of uninsured people has grown by 7 million since Trump has become president. (Make America Uninsured Again?) These numbers are atrocious. Embarrassing. Shameful, actually, in a country as wealthy as ours. We need to recommit ourselves to guaranteeing people access…

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Does the Name “the Affordable Care Act” Bias People Against the Affordable Care Act ?
Byadmin January 8, 2015

The always informative Jonathan Cohn at the New Republic recently wrote about an opinion poll that seems to show significant support for at least one part of The Affordable Care Act. It showed a majority not only of Democrats and independents, but also Republicans, supporting Medicaid expansion: Only one problem with that finding. Ask the…

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Insurance Woes

Are Rare Diseases Too Expensive to Treat?

If You Don’t Have Employer Insurance, You Probably Have a High Deductible

Does Health Insurance Improve Health? Evidence from Massachusetts

SCOTUS Has Ruled on Obamacare. So What’s Next?

Uncovered: In America, Insurance Doesn’t Guarantee Access and Coverage Doesn’t Mean You’re Covered

Does the Name “the Affordable Care Act” Bias People Against the Affordable Care Act ?

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