A new Treasury ruling will allow people to buy health insurance that has lower premiums, lower deductibles and broader provider networks, according to a health economist who has studied Obamacare.
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A new Treasury ruling will allow people to buy health insurance that has lower premiums, lower deductibles and broader provider networks, according to a health economist who has studied Obamacare.
Health economist John C. Goodman but says Congress is about to move in the right direction on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), but he regrets that the move isn’t bolder.
As we start to see the positive impacts of the most recent tax cuts, our tax code, after decades of poor policy and special interest influence, is still in need of further reforms to make it fairer and simpler .
This year will be the last in which uninsured Americans are forced to pay ObamaCare’s penalty for lack of coverage. The change—part of the GOP’s tax reform—comes as relief on the demand side of health insurance. Yet nothing has changed on the market’s supply side. Without additional reforms to ObamaCare’s restrictions on insurers, millions of Americans will continue to choose from a limited range of lackluster plans.
For as long as I have been in the field, health economics has been dominated by the idea that the free market can’t work in health care.
A lot of people think Sen. John McCain betrayed the Republican party when he cast a “no” vote on a health care bill last year. In fact, he saved the party.