A survey of health economists gives their perspectives on how to fix the health system, as if they haven't done enough damage already.
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A bipartisan policy think tank makes some recommendations to improve the American health system.
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A review published by the Public Library of Science claims that research shows that a single-payer plan would reduce US health spending, which is simply not true under any realistic…
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Another piece of misleading garbage in support of single-payer proposals is released by a think tank.
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A brief from the Manhattan Institute gives a little more accurate information about the private health insurance industry than the usual garbage coming from certain presidential candidates.
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A Viewpoint in the Journal of the American Medical Association analyzes the impact on health care in the US of having a largely employment driven health insurance market.
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The Congressional Budget Office states the obvious; any version of single payer or Medicare for all will be extremely painful.
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April 15 seems an appropriate time to review Bernie Sanders' Medicare-for-all bill, with its devastating economic and tax effects for all of us.
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Change Healthcare releases results of its ninth annual survey of the health care industry.
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The Kaiser Foundation releases a report on claims denials by health insurance exchange plans.
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Medicare for All is an absurd idea as postulated by its proponents and perpetuates the ever-increasing government role in health care that has caused our current cost and access problems…
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Hard to figure out what is really happening with premiums for health insurance purchased on the reform law exchanges.
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A paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examines the impact of the ACA on health behaviors.
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The Heritage Foundation issues a report on how the federal reform law appears to have impacted premiums in the individual health insurance market.
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According to a study in the JAMA Internal Medicine, the woefully misnamed Affordable Care Act resulted in 12% lower out-of-pocket spending but 12% higher premium contributions.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
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