News
National Journal | Consumer-Directed Plans Save Money, but at What Cost?
So-called consumer-directed health plans, which aim to cut costs by imposing high deductibles and encouraging patients to look at their medical expenses, can definitely cut costs--but perhaps at the expense of important health screening, researchers reported on Monday.
National Journal | Could America's Fat Curve Be Flattening Out?
If policymakers, doctors, and Americans themselves could just figure out how to hold the population steady at the current 34 percent rate of obesity, the country could save $550 billion over 20 years, they said.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Market Watch | Higher health deductibles may save billions
Health-insurance plans with higher deductibles, increasingly popular among consumers, could save the medical system billions in costs if they were widely enacted, a study released Monday shows.
Blogs
Tax Foundation | Estimating the Tax Costs of 'Obamacare'
Over at The Foundry, Kathryn Nix and Alyene Senger consider the tax impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – known as “Obamacare” to its critics and supporters alike.
