The benchmark premium for an exchange plan in Prescott, Arizona, for a family of five with a 60-year-old household head is $50,923 in 2023.
- If that family made $150,000, they would qualify for a subsidy of $38,173.
- If that family made $350,000, they would qualify for a subsidy of $21,173.
- If that family made $500,000, they would qualify for a subsidy of $8,423.
- This family does not lose subsidy eligibility until they make more than $ 599,000.
The projected cost per newly insured is nearly $14,000 a year over the next decade—a high amount that shows that most of the new spending is simply replacing private spending with government spending.
Author: John C. Goodman
Thursday Links
- Bill Gates: AI will revolutionize health care in the third world.
- Why do physicians “care” about their patients, any more than scientists care about a lab rat? Should they?
- HHS: surprise billing arbitrators are being swamped with claims. That’s because the law was poorly implemented.
- California’s highest concentrations of electric cars — between 10.9% and 14.2% of all vehicles — are in ZIP codes where residents are at least 75% white and Asian.
Tuesday Links
- California is making its own insulin.
- The two leading covid origin theories — lab leak and Wuhan wet market — could both be true.
- An electronic tattoo can track your emotions.
- UT Austin has invented a version that fits on your palm.
- Three out of four Florida kids are in a school of choice that is different from their assigned local school.
Monday Links
- FREOPP: Switzerland leads the world in health care innovation.
- Misspending and fraud in pandemic relief may be as high as $400 billion. Can we get the money back?
- IRS: You can use your HSA, HRA or FSA to pay for a gym membership, so long as you doctor “prescribes” the membership, say, for weight loss.
- Biden supports “gender affirming” pediatric care.
- New and more rigorous study: Women who married had a 35% lower risk of death for any reason, lower risk of cardiovascular disease, less depression and loneliness; and they were happier and more optimistic, and had a greater sense of purpose and hope.
- EVT is creating radically better outcomes for stroke victims, but only a handful of hospitals offer it. Telemedicine helps. (NYT)