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Why We Need Healthcare Reform

WebWhy We Need Healthcare Reform. Roughly seven years ago the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Obama in an attempt to reign in rising …

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Let the Free Market Fix Health Care

WebHealth care in the U.S. remains a challenge that needs to be tackled. While some in Congress have proposed a government takeover of the industry—commonly …

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Three Ways To Reduce Healthcare Costs

WebHealthcare costs are skyrocketing. Since the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010 health care costs have gone up by double digits each year. The health care bill did …

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Why Do Employers Provide Health Care

WebFor many of us, health insurance is tied to our workplace. This means changing or losing jobs requires a switch of insurance plans and/or risk of losing health insurance.

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What are Pharmacy Benefit Managers

WebOn January 1, 2022, several states enacted legislation regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers–or PBMs. But what is a PBM? PBMs are the middlemen of the drug supply …

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How Would Supreme Court Ruling Against the ACA Affect Your …

WebThe ACA has thousands of regulations, taxes, and mandates, all of which distort the market and drive up cost.A Supreme Court ruling against the law could be the …

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Real Health Insurance Doesn’t Exist

WebThe new health care law is supposed to help solve the skyrocketing cost of health care by making sure more Americans have health insurance. Is it working, or is …

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How Much Do We Really Pay for Health Care

WebJust in your first year, you’ll really pay more than $10,000 for health care, despite your $35,000 salary. Assume a 4 percent raise each year, retirement at 65, and …

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Expand Choice and Reduce Health Care Costs for Small Businesses

WebAccording to a recent poll from the Job Creators Network, 77 percent of small business owners are concerned about rising health care costs. It’s not a surprise since …

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Health law employer mandate: More headaches than new enrollees

WebThe goal of the federal health law is to get more Americans covered under health insurance. While more people reportedly have health insurance today than before …

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Five Reasons Why Health Care Costs Continue to Increase

WebHealth care costs have continued to increase – by many accounts at an even faster rate than ever. Premiums are expected to rise by more than ten percent in most …

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Consequences of Medicare for All

WebConsequences of Medicare for All. Medicare for All—otherwise known as single-payer or government-run health care—is the most recent proposal by some …

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Rising Deductibles – Another Federal Health Law Consequence

WebThere are a lot of people shopping around for health coverage right now, during the open enrollment period for the federal health law’s “exchanges.” And while …

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The Caveat Emptor of Health Care

WebThe Caveat Emptor of Health Care. A new analysis comparing prices of routine women's medical services illustrates one of the major problems with health care – …

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Americans Face Rising Healthcare Costs as Open Enrollment Begins

WebOpen enrollment for Obamacare plans has just begun and a new survey shows that insured Americans are still facing rising costs and seem to be unimpressed …

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Obamacare Continues to Wreak Havoc on Small Businesses

WebA new report released last Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals a troubling trend between small businesses and their ability to continue providing health …

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Putting Patients in Charge: Medical Savings Accounts

WebAs has been covered in previous Kitchen Table Economics editions, health insurance – whether provided by government or employers – is not really insurance. It …

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INFORMATION STATION.ORG UPDATE POST

WebINFORMATIONSTATION.ORG UPDATE POST The new health care law, known as the Af-fordable Care Act (ACA), was sold on the premise that it would bring …

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INFORMATION STATION.ORG UPDATE POST

WebINFORMATIONSTATION.ORG UPDATE POST The well-meaning goal of the Afford-able Care Act (a.k.a.: “ObamaCare) was to provide health coverage for the uninsured.

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What is the HIT Tax and Who Pays

WebThe Health Insurance Tax is a huge new sales tax on health insurance that was passed as part of the Affordable Care Act. It is the biggest funding mechanism of the law and …

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How the Health Care Law Harms Fast Food Workers

WebThe law requires that every business with 50 or more “full time” employees offer health insurance to the full timers or pay a $2,000 fine for every full-time equivalent …

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