Well, it’s been nearly three months since the beginning of the new year, a time when several of the new Obamacare mandates went into effect. The word that best describes the real world effect of these mandates on premiums for small employers is, “shock.” Yesterday I received a quote from a well-known health insurance company for a […]
The federal government has found out exactly how much demand there is for health insurance high-risk pools. About 400,000 people should have been enrolled by now through the one year old program for the uninsurable, and less than 9000 have. As usual, the main reason for this is money. The health insurance is expensive, even […]
Today the CBO director, Doug Elmendorf, testified before Congress that 800,000 jobs will be lost due to Obamacare. The Congressional Budget Office, (CBO,) is supposed to be a neutral agency, neither leaning Republican or Democrat. They calculate the affects of new laws on the economy, an educated guess if you will. The House Budget Committee […]
