From the recent NBER working paper by Martin Hackmann, Jonathan Kolstad, and Amanda Kowalski: We develop a model of selection that incorporates a key element
Tom Miller makes some worthwhile points about generalizing the Massachusetts experience with an individual mandate to the nation. And then he says some other things.
Paul Starr (who literally wrote the book on health care in America) has a thoughtful piece up about the individual mandate and health care reform.
My highly refined radar for policy-relevant facts is pulling in a new signal. OK, I admit, the radar has another name: Sarah Kliff. She reports
I’m moving this conversation from the comments of another post to here. To help me, I’ll quote Igor Volsky, who sums up pretty much everything
The following has been cross-posted at The New Republic’s Citizen Cohn. During debate over and since passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there has
The following is a re-post of my most recent Kaiser Health News column. It has been cited in the 4 August 2010 edition of Health
The employer mandate in Massachusetts has a very weak penalty, just $295 per employee per year. That’s far below health insurance premiums and the ACA’s
On The Health Care Blog, Roger Collier speculates about what might happen if the ACA’s individual mandate is struck down as unconstitutional. The reactions of
The notion that employers might stop offering health insurance coverage once decent policies are more readily available on exchanges warrants some concern. It would actually
Today Kay Lazar reported in the Boston Globe that thousands of Massachusetts residents are purchasing health insurance only when it is needed and dropping it
This post has been cited in the 1 April 2010 edition of Health Wonk Review. See also my follow-up post on this topic. Some have
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