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Category: Health reform
Insurance Exchanges
An insurance exchange provides managed competition through the use of “sponsors” or collective purchasing agents who negotiate with insurers and offer individuals a menu of choices among different health insurance plans.
Life After Health Reform
The hazards of sickness, accident, invalidism, involuntary employement, and old age should be provided for through insurance. (Theodore Roosevelt, 1912)
The Most Difficult Decision
As the healthcare debate appears to have stalled in Congress, perhaps we should take note that health care is a limited resource. How to best divide this resource, in terms of how to define what is covered and what is Continue Reading …
Japan’s Tragedy of the Commons
The Japanese tout one of the world’s best multipayer, universal health care systems in terms of long life expectancy, copious technology, and low cost. Still, areas for improvement persist and lessons for the US abound.
Don’t Tax my ‘Lac
Health economists have long argued that the tax exclusion of employer-sponsored health insurance (ESHI) benefits skews an already imperfect health insurance market. Such tax free benefits encourage the maximization of expenditures on health insurance coverage in exchange for lower take Continue Reading …