I was on the Thom Hartmann show last night discussing Medicaid. I wasn’t as sharp as I wanted to be, so I hope you’ll let me make up for that here. Hartmann pointed to the example of Charlene Dill. Here’s ... READ MORE
Hat tip to Walter Russell Mead who points to this article in the New York Times about physicians in Texas who have switched to “all-cash” (that is, they don’t take insurance) practices: For 12 hours a day, the waiting room ... READ MORE
Will Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion make it more difficult for Medicaid beneficiaries to find care? It’s already well known that finding a physician who takes Medicaid is difficult. Some critics of Obamacare have suggested that by expanding Medicaid enrollment without also expanding ... READ MORE
“Great kid! Don’t get cocky!” Han Solo’s timeless warning about how to handle success (don’t let it go to your head and stay on your toes) applies as much today as it did back in 1977. However, Paul Krugman always ignores ... READ MORE
1. Costs Versus Benefits. If you’ve read this blog in the last week or so, you’ve seen a lot of numbers about how many uninsured have gained coverage on the ObamaCare exchanges. Are there 3.1 million young adults who’ve gained ... READ MORE
Last week NCPPR published my study debunking the claim that “3.1 million young adults gained coverage by staying on their parents’ insurance until 26 due to ObamaCare.” The Administration had based that claim on 2011 quarterly data from the National ... READ MORE
Reading Michael Hiltzik one almost feels embarrassed for the Los Angeles Times. He’s an ObamaCare shill, and like most shills he’ll repeat an argument in favor of his cause no matter how ridiculous. For example, here is how Hiltzik spun ... READ MORE
1. No, 3.1 Million Slackers Did Not Get Insurance Via Their Parents. I have a new National Policy Analysis up today examining the claim that 3.1 million previously uninsured young adults have gotten covered through their parents’ insurance thanks to ... READ MORE
As the Obamacare exchanges have reached 7 million enrollees, it’s time for me to confess: so much of what I’ve written about ObamaCare is wrong. So much of it was a futile, misguided attempt to refute the true ObamaCare guru, ... READ MORE
Yesterday President Obama claimed that "more than 3 million young adults... have gained insurance under this law by staying on their family's plan."1 Indeed, the number of young people who can now stay on their parents' insurance plans until age ... READ MORE
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