In a column for Forbes, Dr. Henry I. Miller and I dismantle the arguments behind mandatory GMO labeling initiatives. We conclude, as this NCPPR infographic illustrates, anti-GMO activists' claims fail every test scientific, economic, legal and common sense. Both the op-ed ... READ MORE
Supporters of ObamaCare have come up with some clever ways of making the premiums on the ObamaCare exchanges look quite good. For example, one common refrain found in this HHS report was repeated endlessly by the media: “Premiums before tax ... READ MORE
Well, I finally managed to create an account at the Washington, D.C. health insurance exchange known as “DC Health Link.” And it worked! Well, sort of. When I used the “Browse plans without completing an application” option and filled out ... READ MORE
As I noted yesterday in my post on the Oregon exchange, I don’t take very seriously the argument that “Yes, prices are higher on the ObamaCare exchanges but the insurance comes with more benefits.” First, to anyone who makes that ... READ MORE
Continuing the series on how plans on the ObamaCare exchanges compare to plans on ehealthinsurance, today we’ll look at the Oregon exchange, called “Cover Oregon.” (See previous entries on California and Colorado). Cover Oregon has a nice feature on its ... READ MORE
Colorado’s exchange, Connect For Health Colorado, has a function that allows you to shop for policies without first setting up an account. To see it, go here and then select “Find a Plan.” I gave it a test run by ... READ MORE
I haven’t yet tried setting up an account on the Washington, D.C. exchange, but I have tried its calculator function. A few days before the D.C. exchange opened, Reuters reported that it would “be unable to calculate the size of ... READ MORE
Sigh. I tried to sign in to the Federal Exchange again and what should appear but this now almost iconic webpage: After about 20 minutes, the log-in page came up. I put in my username and password, which yielded this ... READ MORE
Thanks to a twitter exchange, I decide to check out the shop/comparison tool at the Covered California site (yes, it does work!) I entered in the following information: age 29, 1 person in the household, $40,000 annual income, zip code ... READ MORE
What do anti-chemical activists do when they can’t persuade the U.S., the E.U., and other government bodies to ban a safe chemical they’ve been targeting for years? They try France. And the ploy may work. But in a piece for ... READ MORE
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