I’m with Kevin A. Hassett on this: …T]he Ryan-Murray budget deal makes a trade that most Republicans would likely prefer not to make. It balances higher spending in the near term against longer-term reductions that, combined with increases in user … Continue reading →
…but still believes in Obama. Here’s a textbook case of the liberal mindset. Jessica Sanford of western Washington state was so happy with the initial Obamacare premiums she was quoted by the state website that she sent off a grateful … Continue reading →
Lori Gottlieb has found out the hard way that complaining on Facebook about her increased premiums and her decreased medical network doesn’t get her a whole lotta love from her “friends.” My guess is that she has never dissented publicly … Continue reading →
And there are no unicorns involved, either. I’m sorry that Obamacare supporter Cathy Wagner’s premiums have risen so much. But what did she think would happen, if pre-existing conditions were now required to be covered, and extras like maternity benefits … Continue reading →
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 →