- How tariffs affect small business.
- MedPAC estimated the federal government is paying 20% more ($84 billion) than if the same beneficiaries were in traditional Medicare.
- Healthcare Leadership Council: Don’t believe MedPac.
- Does lack of religious belief explain America’s falling birth rate?
- Trump pushing for digital heath reform. (I already use MyChart. It works like a charm.)
Category: Medicare
Monday Links
- Rare earth mineral crisis explained.
- On average, US hospitals charge privately insured patients nearly 2.5 times what Medicare pays for the exact same service.
- Roughly 25% of the federal workforce could be trimmed with no loss of government services. (WSJ)
- Africa’s median age is 19. (NYT)
- AI regulation v. the First Amendment.
- Economic freedom and democracy are highly correlated across countries.
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