Individual Health Insurance Mandates - Pros & Cons
Several universal insurance coverage models incorporate an individual mandate which requires every person to obtain health insurance coverage. A main argument for individual mandates centers around the elimination of free-riders ...
2013 Affordable Care Act Update
The Affordable Care Act has brought some of the most fundamental changes to health care and health insurance in a generation. The biggest cultural change - the individual mandate - ...
The Next Steps to Universal Health Care
Barring any massive upheaval to the political forces currently in Washington, DC, the Affordable Care Act is set to become part of the nation’s social fabric. But the real goal, ...
Anecdotes: Be like the Netherlands?
Sarah Kliff of the Washington Post posted an article based on the Commonwealth Fund's recent international comparison on health spending. In it, she points out that the Netherlands (a nation whose ...
