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Category: Health Economics & Costs

Obamacare’s Narrow Networks

Posted on September 16, 2024 by John C. Goodman

The people most negatively affected are those who have the greatest medical needs. More than one in three exchange enrollees in fair or poor health reported that a particular doctor or hospital they needed was not covered by their plan, a rate that is more than twice as high as it is for those with an employer plan.

Source: Brian Blase at National Review + KFF study

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Trump v. Biden/Harris on Health Policy

Posted on September 16, 2024September 16, 2024 by John C. Goodman

…in two years, the Biden Administration imposed costs that were more than 20 times greater than the savings achieved by the Trump Administration in three years.

Source:  John Walker, Parth Dahima, American Action Forum. 

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Kaiser Family Foundation: Catholic Charity Hospitals Not Very Charitable

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Devon Herrick

I began my career as an accountant for a nonprofit hospital. If you think the hospital executives were unconcerned about profit you would be wrong. As an aside, that is true of all nonprofit organizations. They must earn more than they spend to stay in business. This is where it gets complicated.

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Monday Links

Posted on September 16, 2024September 16, 2024 by John C. Goodman
  • How Biden/Harris is using taxpayer money to “bribe” health insurers into not raising Medicare Part D premiums right before the election.
  • Open AI scores 120 on an IQ test.
  • Why some cancer drugs fail the cost/benefit test.
  • How federal action can support school choice.
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For many years, our health care blog was the only free enterprise health policy blog on the internet. Then, when the NCPA closed its doors, the health blog stopped as well.

During this five-year hiatus no one else has come forward to claim the space. So, my colleagues and I have decided to restart the blog in connection with the Goodman Institute. We invite you and others to use this forum to share your views.

John C. Goodman,

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