John Goodman’s Commentaries
New GOP Bill Promises Real Health Care Reform
After six years of living with Obamacare, Republicans have finally produced an alternative. Other GOP proposals in recent years have been narrowly focused on the 20 million or so people who have been insured by Obamacare.
Five Things a New Health Savings Account Proposal Would Not Do
Introduced by Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA), the Health Savings Account Expansion Act liberalizes and expands HSAs in a way that is consistent with changes I have long advocated and that are explained in “Designing Ideal Health Insurance.”
Do Republicans Have a Death Wish on Health Care?
Do you know how Obamacare is funded? That is, do you know where the money comes from that pays for the operation of the exchanges, the subsidies people get when they buy insurance and the expansion of Medicaid to millions of new enrollees in more than half the states?
Hillary Clinton’s Non-Starter Health Agenda
The more Bernie Sanders continues to pound on Hillary Clinton, the more she moves left. California Sen. Diane Feinstein says Sanders’ continued presence in the Democratic primary race is making it impossible for Hillary to “pivot.”
Eight Health Reforms the GOP Should Avoid
It’s been six years since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) and it’s still unpopular with the voters. Hardly a week goes by without the discovery of new problems and new victims. Yet Republicans in Congress still don’t have a credible alternative.
Can the Government Make Doctors Better Doctors?
You can take this to the bank. Every innovation in the production of every good or service – anything that lowers costs or increases quality – originates on the supply side of the market. There has never been a successful innovation that originated on the demand side.
How a Little Common Sense Could Save Billions in Government Health Care Spending
Imagine that you could make a change in an entitlement program that reduces the cost to the taxpayers and enhances the value of the program for the beneficiaries – at the same time. Who could possible object to that?
Roth Health Savings Accounts: What the World Needs Now
Health Alert. Here are four pieces of bad news: Even though (1) the Obamacare out-of-pocket limits are outrageously high, (2) 80 percent of exchange plans are incompatible with a Health Savings Account, (3) new regulations will virtually outlaw HSAs for the remaining 20 percent, and (4) the Obama administration has no clue about how to merge health savings with insurance, even if the desire were there.
Better Care at a Fraction of the Cost – Only a Plane Ride Away
Have you ever wondered why hospitals don’t compete on quality?
Radical Reform Labor Law, Part II
In business after business and industry after industry, buyers and sellers of labor services are increasingly facing a difficult problem: should workers be treated as “employees” or as “independent contractors”?