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, […]

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 […]

Price Controls and Health Care

Not since Nixon has this country tried price controls. Of course this failed and lead to shortages. Now President Obama wants to try this with health insurance, warning insurers not to raise their prices recently. He increases their costs dramatically with ObamaCare, then tells them not to raise their prices. And many don’t believe that […]