Between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, we’ve heard a lot about the corruption on Wall Street. But if you want to understand exactly what happened and why, read JPMadoff: The Unholy Alliance Between America’s Biggest Bank and America’s Biggest Crook.
COMMENTARIES
Are High Deductibles a Good Thing? Part II
When people are spending below their deductible they will not spend a dollar unless they expect to get a dollar’s worth of value. But when they are above their deductible they may spend a dollar even though the service is worth far less than what they pay.
Are High Deductibles a Good Thing? Part I
Because I am often called the “Father of Health Savings Accounts” people sometimes assume that I favor high deductible health insurance. I don’t. In fact, I don’t really favor deductibles at all.
Better Care at One Tenth the Cost
“The problem with Obamacare is that it is focused on finding the money to pay for what good health care costs; instead we should be focused on lowering the cost of health care so that people can afford it.”
Kotlikoff: Does the new Social Security law stop you from reclaiming your suspended benefits? Maybe not
Alan Skupp is an attorney who lives in Livingston, New Jersey. He and his wife run a market intelligence company.
Portable Health Insurance: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Do you know what is the most severe fine, penalty or punitive tax imposed under Obamacare?
Where Did The Idea Of Obamacare Come From? A Defense Of The Heritage Foundation
On more than one occasion, President Obama has said that the core idea behind Obamacare came from the Heritage Foundation and Politifact rates the claim as “mostly true.”
The New York Times’ Jonathan Martin Is Disguising Opinion as News
Jonathan Martin’s prominent NY Times article, “Hillary Clinton Is Calm, Cool and Effective,” published on February 12th, struck me as opinion dressed up as news. Martin begins by telling us that Clinton “remained calm as he (Sanders) pungently sought to highlight their differences.”
Obamacare in the Workplace: Fewer Hours, Lower Incomes and Less Health Insurance
Obamacare is having a large effect on the market for low-wage labor. How do l know that? I did something most economists never do. I asked. I’m not alone. A lot of enterprising reporters have asked as well.
Krugman Recants On Heath Care; The Left Is Apoplectic
For most of his career as an editorial writer for The New York Times, Paul Krugman has been an unapologetic advocate of single-payer health insurance or “Medicare for all,” as he sometimes calls it.