Well, well, well. Another case of needing to pass the bill to find out what nuggets were hidden in its deep recesses: If an exchange plan’s performance varies in either direction by more than 3 percent, it either collects a … Continue reading →
Ever since the Obamacare rollout I’ve been studying more of the details of Obamacare, including how subsidies will actually work. There’s so much information out there, so much of it shocking, that my posts just can’t keep up with my … Continue reading →
David Cutler wrote this memo on health reform implementation in May of 2010, about six weeks after Obamacare was passed. I suggest you read the whole thing, and remember as you read it that Cutler was a supporter of the … Continue reading →
…and the Obama administration and the Democrats may not be able to finesse this one: According to an Affordable Care Act timetable established by administration officials, early next October insurance companies will announce their new menu of health care plans … Continue reading →
You’ve probably already heard about the EBT card breakdown during a power outage in which shoppers at a couple of Louisiana Walmarts purposely took advantage of the situation by “buying” a huge number of groceries for amounts that greatly exceeded … Continue reading →
So which will it be: catastrophe or no? And if it’s catastrophe, how soon will that happen? I will say at the outset: I don’t know the answer to either question. And what’s more, I don’t think anyone knows. That … Continue reading →
There are a lot of surprised people in California now that more Obamacare details are coming out: In California, 1.9 million people buy plans on the open market, according to officials with Covered California, the state’s new health insurance exchange. … Continue reading →
It’s hard to get reliable information on what would actually happen if the debt ceiling were not raised. Tom Coburn says it wouldn’t be such a big deal: “We’ll continue to pay our interest, we’ll continue to redeem bonds, and … Continue reading →
Instead of exerting a calming influence, Obama ramps up the fear connected with the shutdown. Watch his demeanor, too; chilling: But actually this is nothing new, it’s how Obama rolls. Why do I say that? It was also his reaction … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →I’ve got a new piece up at PJ. Recently there have been a host of articles purporting to compare the cost of health insurance premiums under Obamacare with the cost of premiums today, or with the costs originally projected under … Continue reading →
…and switch. And the public never even took the bait in the first place. More here. The gist of the message is that from the outset the calculations to sell Obamacare to the American public were slipshod and/or naive and/or … Continue reading →