The plan would do two important things: (1) abolish the individual and employer mandates to purchase health insurance and (2) … More
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New Healthcare Crony Attempt to Crash the Free Market Party – by G. Keith Smith, MD
Riding in to rescue the victims of Obamacare and other government healthcare schemes are guess who? The legislators? The regulators? … More
Government Health Spending Growth Outstrips Private Sector Growth in Both the UK and the US | Health Policy Blog | NCPA.org
Here are some data suggesting that health spending increases are, as theory suggests, difficult for the public sector to control. … More
A Better Idea: Let Workers Use HSAs to Save for Sick Days | Health Policy Blog | NCPA.org
Bad Idea: Mandating Sick Pay. To some, mandating paid sick days may sound benevolent, but it would hurt the people … More
Sally Pipes: Obamacare has failed to increase competition among insurers – The Orange County Register
Obamacare’s primary objective was to extend affordable health insurance to uninsured Americans. Thanks to the law, many have secured coverage. … More
The Jig is up: Understanding Price drivers in Healthcare. It isn’t as expensive as you’ve been led to believe
Medicine Is About to Get Personal | TIME
The idea is deceptively simple: Pay frontline doctors a fixed monthly fee directly instead of through the byzantine insurance bureaucracy. … More
Direct primary care emerges in post-reform world. | The Direct Primary Care Journal
As DPC becomes more widespread, options for self-funded health plans are increasing. One example is a collaboration between NextCare Holdings, … More
