- Explaining the stock market: “In short, the tech giants that drive current market valuations are not the target of the trade war.”
- How Illinois (where Texas Democrats have fled to) gerrymanders congressional districts.
- Do food stamps delay the onset of dementia?
- Less than a third of American adults perform some form of resistance exercise at least twice a week.
- Scientist take another look: the exoplanet probably has an ocean, but there is no evidence of life.
Category: Affordable Care Act
NYT: Republicans Believe Health Insurance Nonessential, Should Be Conditional on a Job
New York Times reporter, Sarah Kliff tries to explain Republican’s motivation for recent ACA and Medicaid legislation. She believes that Republicans share two core beliefs about health coverage. First, health coverage should be tied to employment. Second, health coverage is nonessential.
Report: Without Subsidies, Obamacare Crumbling Under Its Own Weight
The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that the average person will pay 75% more for Obamacare plans next year. The ACA was already a bad deal, but it got worse for millions of Americans who will have to pay a greater share of their health plan premiums.
How Much Does Price Transparency Matter?
Evidence demonstrates that just providing prices to employees via an online tool is frequently not helpful. A study of two large employers providing a price transparency tool found no change in healthcare spending and employee uptake…