Category: Health

Medicare Advantage, Insurance Premiums and Chutzpah

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“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 ...
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Health Care Odds & Ends: Why The ObamaCare Numbers Matter

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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 ...
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More On The Bogus ‘3.1 Million Young Adults Have Gained Coverage Via Their Parents’ Statistic

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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 ...
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National Center’s Hogberg Analyzes ObamaCare Enrollment on Fox Business

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While the Obama Administration and its supporters crow about the 7.1 million enrollment numbers for ObamaCare, the National Center’s Dr. David Hogberg could not figure how things logically add up as he went over the numbers with Fox Business Network ...
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Michael Hiltzik, ObamaCare Shill Extraordinaire

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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 ...
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Rush Limbaugh, Drudge Report Cover David Hogberg’s ObamaCare Reports

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Congratulations to the National Center's David Hogberg, whose work uncovering various pitfalls of ObamaCare has been read on the air twice by Rush Limbaugh and cited on the Drudge Report during the past week. On Tuesday, Drudge linked to David ...
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Not So Fast, Mr. President: ObamaCare is Not Working as Claimed

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President Obama's Claim that Over 3 Million Young Adults Gained Health Insurance Coverage on Their Parents' Plan is Bogus Real Number May Be As Low As 258,000 Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday President Obama claimed "more than 3 million young ...
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If ObamaCare is Working So Well, Mr. President, Why Has the Percentage of Uninsured Risen?

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Source: "Can Anyone Tell How ObamaCare is Doing?," by Greg Scandlen, The Federalist, March 31, 2014. Survey data is from Gallup ...
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Health Care Odds & Ends: Bogus Numbers Edition

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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 ...
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Despite Scare Stories, Fears About BPA are Unnecessary, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

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As soon as someone mentions BPA (bisphenol A), I recall the glasses and glass containers our family now uses to replace the plastic containers that previously populated our cupboards. Like many moms, my top priority is keeping my kids safe, ...
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