The plan was prepared for the Trump administration by John C. Goodman (father of Health Savings Accounts) and Marie Fishpaw (Heritage Foundation) and published by National Review Online. The plan features such patient friendly ideas as portable health insurance and doctor consultations by means of phone, email and Skype.
This week, the House repealed the tax on expensive employer-provided health plans. The tax is favored by economists because otherwise, the tax law would be subsidizing health spending – no matter how wasteful. However, John Goodman says the only good that is done by the tax is done in a very crude and ineffective way. Congress should replace the tax, he says – giving employers and their employees the option of a tax credit instead.
The Federal Reserve is paying banks 2.35 percent on their reserves. Banks are paying depositors only 0.06 percent. Competition would eliminate that gap and sensible reform would eliminate the risk of another Great Recession, says economist Laurence Kotlikoff. He points to a “narrow banking” reform, which he first proposed with John Goodman in
In this clip titled: “How Do Swing Voters Like the Squad”, Nan Hayworth talks with Trish Regan of PrimeTime about how the new Democratic “squad” and the tension with Nancy Pelosi may influence the voters.
Donald Trump is using his executive authority far more aggressively than Obama ever did. He is not just circumventing Democrats. On health care, he is circumventing the entire GOP. Republicans in Congress, their special interest friends and think tank supporters have shown almost no enthusiasm for any of this. On the Hill, there have been no hearings. No legislation. No briefings. Not even a speech or two. In the meantime, the Trump administration is reforming the entire health care system. John Goodman and Lawrence Wedekind describe the changes in a two-part post at Forbes.
Donald Trump is using his executive authority far more aggressively than Obama ever did. He is not just circumventing Democrats. On health care, he is circumventing the entire GOP. Republicans in Congress, their special interest friends and think tank supporters have shown almost no enthusiasm for any of this. On the Hill, there have been no hearings. No legislation. No briefings. Not even a speech or two. In the meantime, the Trump administration is reforming the entire health care system. John Goodman and Lawrence Wedekind describe the changes in a two-part post at Forbes.
I’ve been working on a research paper with UNC econometrician, Neville Francis for the past year and that has given me the opportunity to look at several free online retirement planners. Overall, I have to say that most were disappointing.
If you have children, the quality of schools is critical. But, in general, the question to economists, of which I’m one, is the expense of buying into the neighborhood compared to cheaper locations, which may also have lower property taxes, but longer commute times and be less safe. My company has a lifetime financial planning tool, at MaxiFi.com, that lets you set up separate profiles and compare what you’ll have to spend, on an ongoing basis, after meeting your housing costs in each neighborhood and, potentially, paying for private schools or tutors if the local school system is below par.
Like many Americans, I’d support any of the more than 20 Democratic presidential candidates over the current occupant of the White House. They are all qualified, articulate, thoughtful, patriotic grownups. Not one of them spent the Fourth of July thanking the Continental Army for securing LaGuardia.
Bad Social Security Choices Cost the Average Elderly Household $111,000. United Income, a financial planning advisory service, just released an important study called, “The Retirement Solution Hiding In Plain Sight.” Using government data and proprietary software, it calculates how much money retirees have lost, and are losing, by making mistakes about when to start claiming Social Security benefits. United Income’s answer: a whopping $3.4 trillion or $111,000 per household!