by Barbara Boland. Over 214,000 doctors won't participate in the new plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA,) analysis of a new survey by Medical Group Management Association shows. That number of 214,524, estimated by American Action Forum, is through May 2014, but appears to be growing due to plans that force doctors to take on ... MORE
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Showing posts with label insurance. Show all posts
30 Ways To Avoid The Penalty For Not Buying ObamaCare
by Krystal Steinmetz. Tens of millions of Americans without health insurance risk being fined by the IRS as part of the Affordable Care Act, which imposes a tax penalty on those who didn’t purchase medical insurance. But tax experts say up to 20 million people are eligible for a waiver. According to Inuit, maker of TurboTax, there are 30 ... MORE
Walter E Williams: Things I Don't Understand
There are things that really puzzle me. Some life insurance companies charge lower premiums if you haven't made a life-shortening lifestyle choice. Being a nonsmoker is one of them. Actuarially, that makes sense because the life expectancy for smokers is at least 10 years shorter than for nonsmokers. Insurance company policies ... MORE
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ObamaCare Premiums To Rise By Average Of 7.5 Percent
by Elise Viebeck. The high cost of the Affordable Care Act. Premiums on ObamaCare's health insurance exchanges will rise by an average of 7.5 percent next year, according to a new analysis. Data compiled by the Health Research Institute (HRI) at PricewaterhouseCoopers found modest changes in premiums for 27 states and the District of Columbia, ... MORE
VIDEO: ObamaCare - Sacrifice Of The Millennials
A talk by Rituparna Basu.
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Obamacare Increased 2014 Premiums By Average Of 49%
by Avik Roy. A 3,137-County Analysis. There are hundreds of aspects of Obamacare that people argue over. But
there’s one question that matters above all others: does the Affordable
Care Act live up to its name? Does it make health insurance less
expensive? Last November, our team at the Manhattan Institute published a study
indicating ... MORE
Employers Prepare To Dump Workers Into ObamaCare
by Ed Morrissey. Who didn’t see this coming? According to Kaiser Health News, employers are increasingly looking at the benefits of getting out of the health-insurance delivery process. Fueling this interest are ObamaCare-related spikes in health-insurance premiums, plus the opportunity to fix costs and reduce vulnerabilities presented ... MORE
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How Much Does ObamaCare Rip Off Young Adults?
by Scott Gottlieb. We ran the numbers. Obamacare is still struggling to sign up young people. In order to offset the high cost of the older, and probably less healthy people who are joining Obamacare plans, the White House must coerce a sufficient number of thirty-somethings to also join. Problem is, the health plans are too pricey to make economic ... MORE
Individualism: The Only Basis Of Freedom In Medicine
by Richard E. Ralston. The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether Obamacare’s provisions to mandate the coverage of contraceptives violate the right of private employers and employees to practice their religious beliefs. We have reached a very sorry state in America if the basis for preventing government intrusion in our ... MORE
ObamaCare Has Meant Wildly Skyrocketing Premiums
by Sarah Hurtubise. The high cost of affordable care. Americans have recently been hit with some of the largest premium
increases in years, according to a Morgan Stanley survey of insurance
brokers. The investment bank’s April survey of 148 brokers found that this quarter, the average premium increase
for customers renewing an insurance ... MORE
John Stossel: Taxing Life Away
It's tax time. I'm too scared to do my taxes. I'm sure I'll get something wrong and my enemies in government will persecute — no, I mean prosecute — me. So I hired Bob. Bob's my accountant. I like Bob, but I don't like that I have to have an accountant. I don't want to spend time keeping records and talking to Bob about boring things I ... MORE
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Jeffrey Dorfman: Get Ready For REAL ObamaCare Disasters
As people start to use it. We have finally (almost, sort of) reached the end of Obamacare signups. The White House is claiming over seven million people have signed up with several million more now on the Medicaid rolls. Democrats are desperate to find a success somewhere in the Obamacare narrative, so reaching seven ... MORE
Study Finds Uninsured Get Better Care Than Insured
Why insurance seems to insure inferior care. According to a recent study, severely injured patients are less likely to be transferred to a trauma center if they have health insurance. Researchers from the Stanford University of Medicine found that patients with insurance are less likely to get the best care than those who do not have ... MORE
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Obamacare Enrollment Rate Slows Markedly In January
Not that enrollment was brisk in December. On Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that enrollment in the Obamacare private exchanges increased by 1,146,071 in January. In December, HHS reported 1,788,000 enrollees in the month of December. That suggests a drop-off of approximately 500,000, ... MORE
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