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Category: Affordable Care Act

In the Old Days, the Left Disliked Deductibles

Posted on September 29, 2023 by John C. Goodman

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Bernie Sanders: Single-Payer is a Health System Panacea (if you don’t read the fine print)

Posted on August 17, 2023August 18, 2023 by Devon Herrick

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wants to reform the U.S. health care system, describing it as “broken, dysfunctional, and getting worse,”

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Insured, But for How Long?

Posted on July 20, 2023 by John C. Goodman

While 12.5% of individuals under 65 are uninsured at a point in time, twice as many—one in four—are uninsured at some point over a 2-y period. Moreover, the risk of losing insurance remained virtually unchanged with the introduction of the landmark ACA. Risk of insurance loss is particularly high for those with health insurance through Medicaid or private exchanges; they have a 20% chance of losing coverage at some point over a 2-y period, compared to 8.5% for those with employer-provided coverage.

Amy Finkelstein, et. al.

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Study: Physician-Owed Hospitals Have Lower Prices, Boosts Competition

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Devon Herrick

The Affordable Care Act, a misnomer if there ever was one, has been the law of the land for 13 years now. One of the many ill-thought-out provisions was one that banned further development of hospitals owned by physicians.

“The Affordable Care Act (ACA) imposed severe restrictions on physician-owned hospitals, such as prohibiting the development of new physician-owned hospitals and the expansion of existing ones,” Ge Bai, a professor of accounting and health policy at Johns Hopkins University and one of the coauthors of the study, said.

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