Memphis It was only a matter of time before some of the paradoxes embedded in the Affordable Care Act began to make too many employers, both good and bad, wonder if they couldn’t do better when they pay for health insurance. We’ve talked about some of the problems before, especially the incongruities around the loopholes …
Category: Health Care
Managing the Money: Feds versus States – Bailouts and Tobacco Money
Little Rock One of the interesting claims by the conservative right, most recently directed at the Affordable Care Act and the myriad website enrollment snafus, has been essentially that the federal government is the gang that can’t shot straight. Among the claims has been that states and certainly private businesses can do a wonderfully better …
The Ups and Downs of Obamacare Recruitment
Houston Reading the papers about the efforts to enroll the uninsured in Obamacare, two directly contradictory themes emerge these days. First, it is clear that there is consensus that the website, www.healthcare.gov is working much, much better, even if not perfectly. Secondly, it also is clear that there continues to be wildly competing direction at …