Month: January 2010

Thoughts on the Cadillac Tax

Aaron Carroll sent out the beacon. He quotes the abstract of a recent Health Affairs paper: It’s often assumed that high-cost health insurance plans—sometimes called

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Lieberman’s Choice: Vanity or Victory

This post is co-authored by Steve Pizer and Austin Frakt. Senator Lieberman’s abysmal approval ratings in Connecticut (particularly with Democrats) got us thinking about the

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Do Premiums Affect Wages?

There seems to be a bit of a debate going about the extent to which health insurance premiums relate to wage levels. This question has

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What is my agenda?

On three separate occasions today, I have been accused of having “an agenda”.  I find that very confusing. If, by agenda, you are referring to

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Regulated Compensation

There is a difference between the House and Senate health reform bills I didn’t highlight in my earlier rundown. The House version of the employer

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Playing Catch Up

If you haven’t been keeping up with the health care debate and need a short primer to catch up, Alec MacGillis has a good one

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Is Health Reform a Budget Buster?

In a Kaiser Health News piece today James Capretta worries about the future growth of the new entitlement. If an employer offers “qualified” insurance coverage

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What’s Tipping About?

I cannot recall a single time I did not tip at a restaurant or other common tipping situation, and I doubt I ever won’t tip.

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Non-Public Option Options

With the public option off the table, House Democrats are looking for ways to achieve by other means the reduction in premiums such an option

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