“I am often asked if the free market can work in health care. My quick reply is: That is the only thing that works. At least, it is the only thing that works well. Show me a health care market …
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Options Will Increase, Sky Will Not Fall, If ACA Ends
“For example, the AMA complains that hundreds of millions would be at risk of losing “coverage.” In fact, only a net 1.7 million people gained private coverageunder ACA, after subtracting the nearly 6 million who lost it, at a shocking …
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U.S. “Non-Profit” Hospitals and CEOs Raking in Big Bucks | Intellectual Takeout
We found that the assets, investments, and bank accounts at these charitable hospitals increased by $38.9 billion last year – from $164.1 billion to $203.2 billion. That’s 23.6 percent growth, year-over-year, in net assets. Even deducting for the $5.2 billion …
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What You Need To Know About Medicare For All, Part I
A study by Charles Blahousat the Mercatus Center estimates that Medicare for all would cost $32.6 trillion over the next ten years. Other studies have been in the same ballpark and they imply that we would need a 25% payroll …
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Free Market Friday: Transparency the key to reducing health care costs – The Journal Record
“One can spend hours on the phone tracking down the billing department only to hear from a lamenting administrator that they can’t share the negotiated price until after the procedure is performed. Then, weeks after the episode of care is …
Donald Trump Takes A Big Step Toward Personal And Portable Health Insurance
READ THIS ARTICLE below if you want to understand the degree to which this ruling is an important step for healthcare reform. But as John C. Goodman points out, administrative ruling can only go so far without being codified by …
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Trump’s new rule will give businesses and workers better health care options – CNN
A HUGE WIN FOR THE LABOR MARKET AND A STEP TOWARDS ENDING JOB-LOCK! This is one of the most positive and substantive changes in healthcare policy to come out of Washington, D.C. in the past 40 years. It finally pierces …
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Wheel of Misfortune: The Fix
Healthcare Transparency initiatives like the Alexander-Murray bill are getting a tremendous amount of press lately; deservedly so. But are these measures a fix or a baidaid? Keep in mind, out-of-network “surprise” bills would not exist if not for the market …
