Category: Experts
Why is Health Reform So Difficult?
Why can’t people agree on strategies to fix health care? It is due to many things, including disagreements on health economics, self-interest, and fundamental differences in ideology. Every public intellectual has an idea that may, or may not, do anything to improve health care.
Tuesday Links
- More evidence that cold kills more people than heat.
- The only diets that seem to produce lasting effects are those that people commit to for life. (Bloomberg)
- Study: social media makes teenagers dumber.
- Yglesias: the study’s conclusion may be right, but the mechanics are not defensible.
- Matthew Holt endorses universal direct primary care. Wow!
- Ozempic for everyone may be less expensive than you think.
Obamacare Prices Have Already Become Public in Some States
Based on newly posted information:
- A family of four making $130,000 in Maine will face an increase of $16,100 in annual premiums.
- In Kentucky, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 per year could face an increase of $23,700 in annual premiums.
- In Nevada, a similar couple could pay an additional $18,100 in annual premiums.
- In Minnesota, the cost for the couple might be $15,500 more.
- In Maryland, the cost might be an additional $13,700.
Source: New York Times