Democrats in Congress are desperately trying to keep Obamacare on life support. The latest scare tactic is from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), which estimates that Obamacare premiums will rise 114% without extending the so-called enhanced subsidies.
Category: COVID-19 and Public Health
Public Health Community Bypasses HHS; Creates Own Vaccine Recommendations
Suffice it to say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has many detractors and is not well liked or respected by the public health community. Thus, it should come as no surprise then that the public health community is moving to set up their own recommendations outside of HHS.
Tuesday Links
- School performance was already in steep decline before Covid.
- Yglesias gives some details.
- CBO: Failure to extend ACA tax credits will cause 3.6 million Americans to lose their health insurance, and increase premiums by 7.6 percent for the over 20 million people who buy coverage on the ACA Marketplace.
Monday Links
- Interesting FCC history: How the DNC used the FCC to silence right wing radio in the past.
- Paragon: the effect of ending Covid-era subsidies for exchange plans on the chronically ill greatly exaggerated.
- Data on mass shooting incidents are overwhelmingly gang violence.
- Nearly 70% of Americans aged 65 and older will need some form of long-term care during their lifetime. The average private cost of a nursing home stay is $120,000 a year.
- Tyler Cowen: Which immigrants should we let in?