Topic: Insurance

The high cost of living a better life.
The high cost of living a better life. April 21, 2024 Andrea Widburg A lot of things have gotten very expensive lately. Part of it is market forces, including Bidenflation and poor policy incentives, but part of it is the fact that we live in luxury.
The Hidden Cost Chickens in Obamacare Coming Home to Roost
The Hidden Cost Chickens in Obamacare Coming Home to Roost May 30, 2014 Brian C. Joondeph And the hits (to your wallet) keep coming.
Healthcare and the Insurance Principle
Healthcare and the Insurance Principle February 9, 2014 Deane Waldman Why Economics 101 will tell you that Obamacare is long-term economic suicide
ObamaCare D-Day in March
ObamaCare D-Day in March January 24, 2014 Ed Lasky D as in disaster or, as Charles Krauthammer declares, "...all hell is going to break loose."
When is a fee not a fee? When it is an ObamaCare tax
When is a fee not a fee? When it is an ObamaCare tax January 24, 2014 letter to the editor Beware the asterisk
Sliding Toward Single Payer?
Sliding Toward Single Payer? January 18, 2014 Brian C. Joondeph Keep your eye on the "Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act" (H.R. 676), originally introduced to Congress by Rep John Conyers
Putting Dems on the defensive over insurance company bailout
Putting Dems on the defensive over insurance company bailout January 15, 2014 Thomas Lifson A good plan, being acted on by the GOP.
Obamacare may kill Brick Williams
Obamacare may kill Brick Williams January 14, 2014 Thomas Lifson We may soon be able to say, "Obama lied, people died," with Brick as one of the first examples.
CNN signs up for Obamacare propaganda barrage
CNN signs up for Obamacare propaganda barrage December 30, 2013 Thomas Lifson Pay no attention to those people whining about losing their insurance; all is well with Obamacare. That is the essence of the propaganda campaign just launched with the help of CNN
What will Andrew Sullivan say?
What will Andrew Sullivan say? December 11, 2013 Rosslyn Smith It turns out under Obamacare an insurance company may not refuse to cover someone who is HIV positive but they can make them pay for their own costly prescription drugs.
Zeke Emanuel: No, Obama didn't say you could keep your doctor (updated)
Zeke Emanuel: No, Obama didn't say you could keep your doctor (updated) December 9, 2013 Rick Moran Worst. Spokesman. Ever.
Friday afternoon news dump: healthcare.gov enrollment catastrophe
Friday afternoon news dump: healthcare.gov enrollment catastrophe December 7, 2013 Thomas Lifson A private sector firm with this "velocity" would be bankrupt by now.
Obama Warns Millennials of Bar-Related Injuries
Obama Warns Millennials of Bar-Related Injuries December 7, 2013 Jeannie DeAngelis Granted, Millennials are more likely to be found drinking to cope with their Obama-imposed bleak futures, but this sales pitch is pretty ridiculous.
Obamacare Conversations for the Christmas Season
Obamacare Conversations for the Christmas Season December 5, 2013 Lee Cary The real nighmare before Christmas.
Healthcare.gov can't calculate subsidies, so will pay insurance companies whatever they ask for
Healthcare.gov can't calculate subsidies, so will pay insurance companies whatever they ask for December 4, 2013 Thomas Lifson The federal government is dumping the consequences of its Obamacare website failures onto the private sector health insurance companies
Speak about ObamaCare, get audited
Speak about ObamaCare, get audited November 30, 2013 Thomas Lifson Two people suddenly find themselves being audited
Thanksgiving 2013: ObamaCare Talking Point Survival Guide
Thanksgiving 2013: ObamaCare Talking Point Survival Guide November 28, 2013 Greg Halvorson It's Thanksgiving, and the last thing you want to hear from your tongue-pierced Anthropology major nephew is how unbelievably fantabulous ObamaCare is. But just in case....
Health Insurance and Care: An American Strategy
Health Insurance and Care: An American Strategy November 25, 2013 Don Fotheringham This is not hard to figure out -- not for you and me, at least. But the government's a different story.
Fire the CEOs
Fire the CEOs November 21, 2013 Jim Yardley The collapse of ObamaCare was well within the realm of possibility. Why didn't American insurance companies plan for it?
Obamacare's Three-Step Cancellation Program
Obamacare's Three-Step Cancellation Program November 21, 2013 Deane Waldman You ain't seen nothin' yet.
If You Like Your Insurance, You Can Rent It... Maybe
If You Like Your Insurance, You Can Rent It... Maybe November 17, 2013 C. Edmund Wright No one washes a rental car, and no one paints a rental house.
Lessons of Obamacare are exploding all around us
Lessons of Obamacare are exploding all around us November 13, 2013 Greg Richards On October 1, 2013, we had the detonation of Obamacare
If Obama were a corporate executive, he'd be prosecuted for fraud
If Obama were a corporate executive, he'd be prosecuted for fraud November 9, 2013 Thomas Lifson A distinguished former federal prosecutor lays out what would happen to an insurance CEO who c omitted the same kind of fraud.
ObamaCare: Designed for Failure
ObamaCare: Designed for Failure November 8, 2013 Charles E. Moore ObamaCare is destined to fail, but as to how it fails -- that's the trillion-dollar question.
FATCA: The Scarlet Letter Abroad
FATCA: The Scarlet Letter Abroad November 2, 2013 Ryan Rommann American expatriates are currently being blacklisted by a little-known tax policy.
More Fun With ObamaCare
More Fun With ObamaCare October 14, 2013 Gene Schwimmer Man escapes from ObamaCare maze -- film at eleven.