Posts by year
2016
Escaping the crush of premium increases
October 14, 2016 – If health insurance rate hikes make you feel stuck between a rock and a hard place, take heart. These strategies may offer a way…
History (of health carrier greed) repeats itself
October 9, 2016 – You can be certain the companies that are dropping out of several Obamacare markets next year will return if they can get Congress and the…
ColoradoCare: Cure for an ailing healthcare system?
October 7, 2016 – ColoradoCare has no deductibles, no copays for preventive and primary care, and waives other copayments when they cause financial hardship.…
A Medicare buy-in Republicans can love
September 23, 2016 – One might assume that Republicans would never go for a Medicare buy-in, as it would expand the ranks of those who get "government-run"…
Southerners – and women – enjoy bigger subsidies
September 23, 2016 – ACA's subsidies are working just as they were intended to: Subsidies are higher where incomes are lower, and after-subsidy premiums are…
7 reasons for ending off-exchange enrollment
September 15, 2016 – If every ACA-compliant plan was only available via the exchanges, millions more could have access to ACA's tax…
Do we need a stiffer individual mandate penalty?
September 14, 2016 – Would a heftier tax penalty for being uninsured fix anemic marketplace enrollment and help to prevent an ACA death spiral? At least one…
Cry me a river, Aetna.
August 25, 2016 – So, thanks to Obama – and more specifically, Obamacare – Aetna and its competitors are rolling in the federal dough. But, because of…
Aetna or no Aetna, the exchanges need help
August 17, 2016 – The below four strategies could help financially stabilize ACA marketplaces and to improve the human experience of those receiving coverage…
Medicaid patients deserve our care
August 5, 2016 – The Medicaid eligible population deserves our care. Most are employed full-time, some with two to three jobs that do not offer insurance…
The Insurance Empire Strikes Back
August 2, 2016 – What the insurers are implying here is that if the Obamacare marketplace doesn't "stabilize" to their satisfaction (even though the…
Tax code fix will deliver dental for millions of kids
July 14, 2016 – The National Association of Dental Plans (NADP) estimated in 2014 that 366,616 low-income children under the age of 18 and their families…