ObamaCare, Study Misrepresented

President Obama and Peter Orszag said many times before the new law was passed that cutting health care spending will actually make people healthier. The reasoning is that by cutting out ineffective treatments and standardizing care that works, many will be healthier. We were told that there is a lot of waste in health care, […]

Hatch Plan to Repeal

Senator Hatch has a plan to repeal ObamaCare. Knowing that while President Obama is in office full repeal will be impossible. But what he can do, and has done as of last week, is introduce two new bills to chip away at the new law. The first bill asks to repeal the individual mandate, https://higginscompanies.com/health-insurance/individual-health-insurance/  and […]

Premiums To Rise In 2011

The accounting firm of Price Waterhouse interviewed 700 actuaries and employers, asking if they planned on raising their group health insurance premiums, or expected a rise in costs in 2011, https://higginscompanies.com/faq/group-health-insurance-faq%e2%80%99s/. The report suggests that premiums will rise by 9%. For the first time ever deductibles will be $400 or higher. Still seems very low […]