Public Option
Commentary
Obamacare’s Open Enrollment Season Is a Healthcare Horror Show
Obamacare’s fourth open enrollment period begins tomorrow — and what a fitting epilogue to Halloween. After all, when Americans log on to either their state or the federal health insurance exchanges, they’ll be in for a fright. What they’ll discover is a witch’s brew of double-digit premium hikes, restrictive provider ...
California
Would A “Public Option” Rescue Obamacare In California?
Dave Jones, California’s Insurance Commissioner, has lifted a page from Hillary Clinton’s playbook for the rescue of Obamacare – the so-called “public option.” The public option would probably look a lot like Medicaid. Its proponents give it a less pejorative name to lull people into a false sense of confidence ...
Commentary
The Public Option Rides Again
Like a gambler who doesn’t know when to quit, Democrats are doubling down on their favorite losing bet — Obamacare. Hit by multimillion-dollar losses — UnitedHealthcare, for instance, expects to lose $850 million this year alone – insurers are pulling out of the exchanges. All but six of Obamacare’s 23 ...
Commentary
Trump And Clinton’s Healthcare Debate Was No Contest
Donald Trump’s penchant for brusque remarks came in handy during the second presidential debate, eight days ago. When the discussion turned to the president’s health law, the GOP candidate’s message was clear: “Obamacare is a disaster. You know it. We all know it.” Only Hillary’s own spouse put it better, ...
Commentary
The ‘Public Option’ Is Just Single-Payer on the Installment Plan
Obamacare’s government-run insurance markets are collapsing. Insurers are losing millions of dollars — and proposing double-digit premium hikes combined with high deductibles to try to stanch the bleeding. It’s no wonder that exchange enrollment is roughly half what the Congressional Budget Office predicted. So what’s the left’s answer to this ...
Commentary
How Hillary Plans To Triple Down On ObamaCare’s Failures
This month, three leading Democrats signaled where they’d like to take the U.S. health care system in the post-Obama era — and that’s back to the future. President Obama called for a “public option” — that is, an insurance plan wholly run by the government — after he leaves office. ...
Commentary
Aetna’s Obamacare Pullout Means the ‘Insurance Death Spiral’ Has Arrived
Aetna the nation’s fourth-largest health insurer, just decided to stop offering plans on Obamacare’s exchanges in all but four states in 2017. The firm says that it was losing roughly $300 million per year on these policies. And it projected that its losses would only increase, since the share of ...
Commentary
Hillary Won the Nomination, But Bernie Won On Healthcare
Many pundits speculated that Hillary Clinton would devote a significant portion of her Democratic Convention speech to health care. But she dedicated just one sentence to the topic. The reason? Earlier in the week, Bernie Sanders had already laid out her campaign’s position. In exchange for her formal rival’s endorsement, ...
Commentary
A Better Way to Affordable, Quality Health Care
President Obama recently took to the Journal of the American Medical Association to defend his health-care law and recommend additional reforms. Among them? A government-run “public option” designed to compete against insurers on the exchanges. Instead of looking to increase the federal government’s role in health care yet again, he ...
Commentary
Obamacare’s Co-Op Disaster: Only 7 Remain
July has been rough for Obamacare’s non-profit co-op health plans. Four closed after running out of money — three in just one week. Just seven of the original 23 co-ops are still standing. Those seven all lost money last year — and may yet go out of business before the ...
Obamacare’s Open Enrollment Season Is a Healthcare Horror Show
Obamacare’s fourth open enrollment period begins tomorrow — and what a fitting epilogue to Halloween. After all, when Americans log on to either their state or the federal health insurance exchanges, they’ll be in for a fright. What they’ll discover is a witch’s brew of double-digit premium hikes, restrictive provider ...
Would A “Public Option” Rescue Obamacare In California?
Dave Jones, California’s Insurance Commissioner, has lifted a page from Hillary Clinton’s playbook for the rescue of Obamacare – the so-called “public option.” The public option would probably look a lot like Medicaid. Its proponents give it a less pejorative name to lull people into a false sense of confidence ...
The Public Option Rides Again
Like a gambler who doesn’t know when to quit, Democrats are doubling down on their favorite losing bet — Obamacare. Hit by multimillion-dollar losses — UnitedHealthcare, for instance, expects to lose $850 million this year alone – insurers are pulling out of the exchanges. All but six of Obamacare’s 23 ...
Trump And Clinton’s Healthcare Debate Was No Contest
Donald Trump’s penchant for brusque remarks came in handy during the second presidential debate, eight days ago. When the discussion turned to the president’s health law, the GOP candidate’s message was clear: “Obamacare is a disaster. You know it. We all know it.” Only Hillary’s own spouse put it better, ...
The ‘Public Option’ Is Just Single-Payer on the Installment Plan
Obamacare’s government-run insurance markets are collapsing. Insurers are losing millions of dollars — and proposing double-digit premium hikes combined with high deductibles to try to stanch the bleeding. It’s no wonder that exchange enrollment is roughly half what the Congressional Budget Office predicted. So what’s the left’s answer to this ...
How Hillary Plans To Triple Down On ObamaCare’s Failures
This month, three leading Democrats signaled where they’d like to take the U.S. health care system in the post-Obama era — and that’s back to the future. President Obama called for a “public option” — that is, an insurance plan wholly run by the government — after he leaves office. ...
Aetna’s Obamacare Pullout Means the ‘Insurance Death Spiral’ Has Arrived
Aetna the nation’s fourth-largest health insurer, just decided to stop offering plans on Obamacare’s exchanges in all but four states in 2017. The firm says that it was losing roughly $300 million per year on these policies. And it projected that its losses would only increase, since the share of ...
Hillary Won the Nomination, But Bernie Won On Healthcare
Many pundits speculated that Hillary Clinton would devote a significant portion of her Democratic Convention speech to health care. But she dedicated just one sentence to the topic. The reason? Earlier in the week, Bernie Sanders had already laid out her campaign’s position. In exchange for her formal rival’s endorsement, ...
A Better Way to Affordable, Quality Health Care
President Obama recently took to the Journal of the American Medical Association to defend his health-care law and recommend additional reforms. Among them? A government-run “public option” designed to compete against insurers on the exchanges. Instead of looking to increase the federal government’s role in health care yet again, he ...
Obamacare’s Co-Op Disaster: Only 7 Remain
July has been rough for Obamacare’s non-profit co-op health plans. Four closed after running out of money — three in just one week. Just seven of the original 23 co-ops are still standing. Those seven all lost money last year — and may yet go out of business before the ...
