Tag Archives: invincibles

Young adults’ insurance premiums will rise

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

From the Associated Press: People younger than 35 who are buying their own insurance on the individual market would pay $42 a month more, according to an analysis by Rand Health, a research division of the nonpartisan Rand Corp. The … Continue reading →

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Democrats & AARP exploit young adults

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Excerpts from Robert Samuelson’s “Health ‘Reform’ That Burdens Our Young” in Newsweek: One of our long-running political stories is the economic assault on the young by the old. …This makes no sense for the nation, but as politics it makes … Continue reading →

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Health care bill: A Bad Deal for Young Adults

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

A new Cato briefing paper by economist Aaron Yelowitz. Here’s the summary: One of the most interesting questions about the health care overhaul now moving through Congress is how it would affect young adults. That legislation would force most or all … Continue reading →

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Compulsory insurance exploits healthy “invincibles”

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Brian T. Schwartz

In a previous post I’ve noted that one of the most authoritarian and paternalistic aspects of Colorado’s Senate Bill 217 (as proposed) and the 208 Commission’s recommendations is that it would make it a crime for Coloradans not to buy … Continue reading →

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