Healthcare

I've seen a few stories and tweets saying that a conservative think-tank accidentally proved that single-payer healthcare will save Americans a lot of money. They're talking about a working paper released by Charles Blahous at the conservative Mercatus Center. The dumbest story I've found so far is from Matt Bruenig at Jacobin magazine: The US could insure 30 … [Read more...] about No, a Conservative Think-Tank Did Not Say Single-Payer Saves Money

This tweet of President Trump's yesterday illustrates what a clueless dick he is when it comes to healthcare policy:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/887280380423938048Let me quote the key part: ...let ObamaCare fail and then come together and do a great healthcare plan. People who talk like that -- including some of the people who demand that Congress should … [Read more...] about Trump Wants Obamacare to Fail

Although I'm not a huge fan of Obamacare, I'm happy with the result of the Supreme Court's decision in King v. Burwell. I'm a little less happy with how the Court reached that decision.From what I've read, it seems the Democrats were in the middle of making some changes to the Affordable Care Act when the Senate approve it, and they were probably planning to fix the details … [Read more...] about SCOTUS v. Healthcare

I used to work on healthcare insurance enrollment systems. This is a bad sign for the next Obamacare open enrollment period:People will be renewing at the same time that others are enrolling for the first time, starting a week and a half before Thanksgiving, on Nov. 15. To ensure that they have a new plan by the beginning of the year, those who renew will have to sign up by … [Read more...] about Sloppy Renewal Plans for Obamacare?

At the reliably hyper Addicting Info, Wendy Gittleson is excited over upcoming insurance refunds due to the Affordable Care Act: In a story that’s bound to send Republicans straight into the spin cycle, it was announced on Thursday that insurance companies will be refunding Americans $332 million because they’ve been overcharging them for healthcare. That's about a buck per … [Read more...] about Why Obamacare Means Insurance Refunds