The Supreme Court will soon rule on whether federal tax subsidies for health insurance are legal in 37 states where state governments are not running their own exchanges.
Cassidy health plan: The third way
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Kotlikoff Debates Piketty: Do We Need A Wealth Tax?
Thomas Piketty’s best-selling book Capital in the 21st Century took the spotlight in the field of economics of 2014. A number of scholars even claim that the 21st century economics is divided into two eras: pre-Piketty and post- Piketty economics. Thomas Piketty is visiting Seoul for the first time this year in order to speak about his book Capital in the 21st Century and he will also hold a group discussion with other global scholars from around the world on his book.
New Book: Up To 98 Percent Of Retirees Are Getting Less Than They Should Be Getting From Social Security
If you are over 70 year of age, odds are your Social Security check is not as large as it could have been. But if you are younger than 70, there is still time to do what most Americans don’t do: get the maximum benefit the law allows.
Washington Post: Goodman is the Real Father of Health Savings Accounts
There are now more than 30 million people managing some of their own health dollars in spend-it-or-save-it accounts. About half of those are Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and about half are Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs).
Ten Things You Probably Don’t Know About Health Savings Accounts
Is Rick Santorum the “Father of Health Savings Accounts”? No, according to the Washington Post, which gave him two pinocchios for the claim.
Single Payer Health Insurance: Why Bernie Sanders Just Doesn’t Get It
Vermont Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared on Fox News yesterday and Chris Wallace asked him why his own state had abandoned all plans to implement single payer health insurance – something that is apparently allowed under Obamacare.
How To Get A Drug Company To Give You An Experimental Drug And Other Health Care Updates
The latest and the most comprehensive study of Health Savings Accounts confirms what previous studies have found: they work. In an NBER Working Paper, economists report the results from 13 million person years of data on employees and dependents at 54 large firms.
Social Security: An Unhappy 80th Birthday
We have promised more than we expect to take in: Looking indefinitely into the future, Social Security has a $28.5 trillion unfunded liability, according to the latest Trustees report.
How Much Of The Cost Should The Patient Bear?
A striking feature of the insurance offered on the ObamaCare health insurance exchanges is the imposition of very high deductibles.