News
USA Today | Health care costs worry workers nearing retirement
Health care costs are a top retirement fear, and that's even though many older workers vastly underestimate how much they'll have to pay.
National Journal | Massachusetts Lawmakers Unveil Ambitious Plan To Cut Health Care Costs
When Massachusetts passed sweeping health insurance reform in 2006, a crucial piece was missing from the landmark legislation: how to control rising medical costs.
Econ Comments & Analysis
CATO | Cost Shifting Does Not Justify Obamacare
A major justification by President Obama for the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act, which requires everyone to buy health insurance, is that every time an uninsured patient receives care in an emergency room, doctors and hospitals shift the cost to those of us who have insurance. But the impact of such cost shifting is vastly overblown and government, through the legislation, makes the problem worse, not better.
