A big problem with the health bill currently before the Senate is that very few low-income people would purchase any plan, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
COMMENTARIES
Lessons from Georgia
Tuesday’s election in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District has important lessons for both parties.
The Democrat started out attacking Donald Trump and then went on to other messages.
Kotlikoff: A reverse mortgage sounds great, but there are risks
Are you 62 or over, house poor and barely making ends meet? If so, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) claims to have the answer. It’s called a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage, or HECM. HUD regulates HECMs, or at least it says it does.
Do Conservatives Really Want To Repeal Obamacare?
Probably not. Here’s why: virtually every conservative health policy analyst advising Republican candidates and Republican office holders believes in the same model Barack Obama believes in.
Ask Larry: Is My Mom’s Widow’s Benefit Rate Correct?
Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits.
An example of a scam by Social Security
Jim Cornfeld, a certified financial planner in St. Louis who manages a wealth-adviser network that uses my company’s Social Security software, sent me the following email. Let me share my answer.
Should Everyone Be Able To Join Medicaid? Why Not?
From the earliest days of Obamacare, a great many Democrats and others on the left have wanted a “public option.”
How Republicans Think About Health Care: Three Parallel Universes
Here is the one public policy question I am asked more than all others put together: What’s wrong with the Republicans? Today I will give the answer.
How you can calculate the impact of retirement
We all have to decide when to call it quits. But it’s a very tricky decision. So let me give you a way to make it easy, via the following illustration.
Will ‘Boycott America’ Follow Trump’s Paris Accord Withdrawal?
President Trump’s decision to withdrawal from the Paris Accord is not just a terrible decision for the planet and our children. It could quickly lead to a worldwide boycott of Americans goods and services as well as travel to the U.S.