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Monday Links

Posted on June 6, 2022July 25, 2022 by John C. Goodman

Biden’s fix for the “family glitch” would leave members of the same family in different health plans.

Banning menthol cigarettes may do more harm than good.

Treating drug use as a health problem instead of a criminal law problem is working well in some prisons.

Trustees: Medicare will be insolvent in six years.

Did the Biden administration secretly negotiate with foreign governments to obviate the intellectual property rights of Covid vaccine producers?

2 thoughts on “Monday Links”

  1. Ron Greiner says:
    June 7, 2022 at 10:52 am

    Obamacare is overcharging single-parent mothers with the “Family Glitch.” Iowa City school teachers have to pay $725 a month to add their child to the school’s Blue Cross insurance. If the mother goes to the Obamacare Exchange they are disqualified for tax credits and must purchase with after-tax dollars making it more expensive. If Biden strips these over-priced children from Blue Cross they will lose huge chunks of their profits and will be forced to raise the prices for the employer-based plans. Of course, Trump’s Short-Term-Medical (STM) is less than $150 with a broad PPO network that includes the Mayo Clinic. The media won’t report because they love Obamacare. I got an article in the Tampa Tribune about STM and the Family Glitch https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/letters/tuesdays-letters-short-term-medical-insurance-option-will-soon-disappear/2313076/#comments

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  2. Devon Herrick says:
    June 7, 2022 at 5:39 pm

    I read that the insolvency date for Medicare was push back slightly because Covid was more likely to kill the sickest seniors, leaving behind a slightly healthier risk pool.

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