Tag Archives: pre-existing conditions

How health-status insurance addresses pre-existing conditions problem

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

I cannot remember wanting to cheer and applaud after reading a policy analysis.  But this is how pleased I was with a new Cato Institute Policy Analysis by University of Chicago finance professor John H. Cochrane: Health-Status Insurance: How Markets … Continue reading →

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Guaranteed renewable insurance

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

A common and legitimate concern about health insurance is not being able to buy insurance because of a preexisting condition.   In this post I make the case that if government stopped subsidizing employer-sponsored insurance, more people would buy individual insurance … Continue reading →

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For affordable health insurance, lift government controls

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

Linda Gorman has an excellent article on how state-level insurance controls make insurance prohibitively expensive: Providing health insurance for everyone who wants it doesn’t have to come with a high price tag. It doesn’t have to come with increased government … Continue reading →

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