Category Archives: healthcare
Like Obamacare, the Senate’s health insurance bill transfers wealth but less so
If you want a case study in the primary role of government, the latest health care insurance industry bill (H.R. 1628, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017) provides one. Senate Democrats and Republicans yesterday having been throwing the predictable barbs … Continue reading
Posted in capital, Democrats, GOP, government, health care, healthcare, Republicans
Tagged Better Care Reconciliation Act, Democrats, healthcare, Republicans
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Making Medicaid, SNAP lower priorities is an opportunity for communities
Last night, The Washington Post reported that the Trump administration would seek cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Medicaid, a joint federal and state program, provides financial assistance to low-income medical services consumers while SNAP is known … Continue reading
Posted in Anarcho Capitalist, Budget, Donald Trump, health care, healthcare, libertarian, libertarianism, liberty, Political Economy, statism
Tagged food stamps, Medicaid, SNAP, Trump
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Public comment on health care law is chimp noise… #healthcare
I will not comment on the bill passed yesterday by the U.S. House of Representatives that continues financial support and regulation of the health insurance market. I will not comment because, like most of the representatives and almost everyone on … Continue reading
How do I take care of myself when government says I shouldn’t?
Yesterday I saw Nancy Pelosi on television giving the press her response to Republican efforts to significantly amend the Affordable Care Act. I zoned out as she attempted to describe the benefits some Americans would lose should the Republicans have … Continue reading
Posted in consumers, Economy, government, health care, healthcare, Political Economy
Tagged Affordable Care Act, Democrats, healthcare
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Not seeing any impact on states from HR 3350
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives yesterday passed HR 3350, the Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013. In a nutshell, the Act allows issuers to keep in force plans they have already issued versus cancelling them because they may not … Continue reading
Posted in Georgia, Georgia politics, government, health care, healthcare, ObamaCare
Tagged ACA, Georgia, H, health care, R 3350
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It’s easy to get cynical about we the people
How much does our Constitution say about the structure of and the exchanges within our society? I thought about this question while contemplating the perspectives of the Republicans and Democrats toward health care financing under the Affordable Care Act. To … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Economy, health care, healthcare, libertarian, ObamaCare
Tagged Boehner, Constitution, Obama, Obamacare, Pelosi
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What #conservatives really mean by less #government
When a conservative says, “we need less government”, what they are really saying is we don’t need policies that interfere with protecting returns on capital. At least that is the view a classic liberal or even a libertarian would take. … Continue reading
Could state refusal to set up health insurance exchanges lead to cross state markets?
A number of states including Louisiana, Wisconsin, and my home state of Georgia have expressed no intent in establishing health care insurance exchanges, opting for the federal government to establish and maintain it. Other states, like New Jersey, would like … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, health care, healthcare
Tagged exchanges, extension, health insurance, Kathleen Sebelius, Louisiana, New Jersey, Wisconsin
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Mittens not Using His Head
Mitt Romney isn’t very smart. He puts himself out on a limb by saying he is going to repeal ObamaCare when he can’t even secure a Republican majority in both chambers of Congress. He will need this in order to … Continue reading
Posted in Elections 2012, health care, healthcare, House, Mitt Romney, ObamaCare, Senate
Tagged Affordable Care Act, Mitt Romney, Obamacare
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