New Orleans The headlines in all of the papers, local and national, are filled with handwringing about the worries of Democratic politicians and office holders in the wake of the difficult rollout of the Affordable Care Act to date. Before too many of these politicians throw Obamacare under the bus or jump over the cliff …
Category: Health Care
The Emerging Fight to Prevent Institutionalization of Substandard Health Insurance
New Orleans When is health insurance not health insurance? The answer should be simple. In the United States, at this point in time the answer should be that any health insurance offered by a private company that is both unaffordable, meaning that it costs more than 9.5% of someone’s annual income, and doesn’t provide basic …
Unintended Consequences: Confusing Entitlements & Rights with Fast Food Wage Subsidies
New Orleans A surprisingly balanced column by Carl Bialik, the “Numbers Guy” at the Wall Street Journal, tried to look at the recent headlines trying to slam the fast food industry over the fact that an estimated $7 billion in public benefits was somehow subsidizing the low wages of the millions of fast food workers. …