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State regulations force insurers out of market, Obamacare will make it worse
“Millions of people are losing the coverage they have now, and tens of millions more surely will follow, … Some insurance carriers are leaving the market because of onerous state regulations, others are victims of a faltering economy, but the cascade has been accelerated by the rules that already have taken effect and the many more that are to come as a result of ObamaCare.” Continue reading
Guy w/o health plan: Should “society should just let him die?”
W/o government mandates, will “society” let someone die? The real question is “What are YOU going to do about it?” Treating “society” as some super-entity above and beyond the individuals who compose it causes two problems. Continue reading
Hickenlooper’s veto of SB 11-213 insults low-income parents
Maintaining current Child Health Plan fees would not only be an injustice to taxpayers, but also an insult to eligible parents. The fees imply that parents value enjoying life’s amenities more than their own children’s health. Continue reading
Gov. Hickenlooper wrong to veto Colorado SB11-213
Gov. John Hickenlooper was wrong to veto Senate Bill 213, which would have increased Child Health Plan Plus premiums for families earning more than twice the federal poverty level. What’s unfair is that Colorado compels taxpayers to fund a program that allows eligible parents to value satisfying bodily appetites more than their children’s healt Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado Child Health Plan Plus, crowd out, John Hickenlooper health care, SCHIP
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Colorado SB 11-213: Parents should value children’s health more than sweets & booze
If the state must compel taxpayers to fund CHP+, Senate Bill 213 would increase enrollment fees so eligible parents can more sensibly weigh the costs of their kids’ health care against the costs of booze, tobacco, sweets and movies. Continue reading
Posted in Colorado health care, Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, PPC
Tagged Colorado Child Health Plan Plus, crowd out, SCHIP
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Why Cato’s Michael Cannon has boycotted PolitiFact:
Why PolitiFact’s claims are not always factual. Continue reading
Colorado SB 11-213: Parents can afford higher child health plan fees
Colo. SB 11-218: Households earning twice the federal poverty limit can afford higher fees for the Colo. Child Health Plan Plus. Many kids in such households have commercial insurance, & the poorest U.S. households spend more than $100/month on booze, sweets, tobacco, & entertainment. $20/month for one kid isn’t too much. Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado Child Health Plan Plus, crowd out, SB 11-213, SCHIP
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“Cuts Leave Patients With Medicaid Cards, but No Specialist to See” – NYTimes
Being enrolled in Medicaid does not guarantee that you get treatment, reports the New York Times. Also, “many … patients have jobs with private insurance but switch to Medicaid when they become pregnant, avoiding premiums, deductibles and co-payments.” Continue reading
ObamaCare forces insurers to withdraw from markets
“The impact of new rules on health insurance is causing people throughout the country to ‘lose the coverage they have now’ and to have many fewer options. …This leaves customers with fewer options of affordable coverage in an increasingly non-competitive market.” reports Grace-Marie Turner. Read the short paper summarizing the instances so far. Continue reading
Posted in insurance, tax code, HSAs
Tagged crowd out, medical-loss ratios, ObamaCare
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Colo. SB 11-168 admits that authoritarian “co-op” will kill jobs
Colorado SB 11-168 (text), which would create a tax-funded authoritarian health care cooperate that unfairly competes with insurance companies, admits that it will put people out of jobs. Section 10-16-1107 (yeah, really) reads: The [Board of Directors] shall design the … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado SB 11-168, crowd out, health care cooperatives
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