Written by Steven Hansen When I read informed opinion on health care costs going up or going down, I visualize the scenes in the Exorcist (Linda Blair’s head rotating a complete 360 degrees or her pea soup hurling). It really depends on what data set you pull, how you view the data in that data set, …
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Our Two Most Onerous Taxes: College Tuition and Healthcare Insurance
It is not coincidence that these two unofficial taxes–healthcare and college tuition–are soaring in cost, outpacing all other household expenses.
The Great Debate©: Is Healthcare a Right?
Editor’s note: Three weeks ago GEI published an Opinion article by Michael Kulla entitled “Health Care Paradox: Red Tap, Lobbies, Political Posturing . . . and Sick People.” The following article was submitted to discuss and debate some of the issues and opinions that Dr. Kulla expressed in his article. Health Care Paradox: Is our …
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Potential Hidden Benefits from Obamacare
by Elliott Morss Introduction We hear a lot about: Universal coverage; Nobody can be refused insurance because of pre-existing conditions; Children cover under parents’ insurance until 26; Insurance companies cannot drop you because you get sick. But there is a lot more in the 2,409-page Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act than these benefits. To …
Healthcare: An Economic Cancer
by Big Issues Today
This article is about the economics of healthcare. It is instructive to consider an example of one of the most devastating and costly diseases as a metaphor for the problems that the U.S. healthcare system faces – out of control growth.