News
FOX News | Repealing Obama's health care law won't be easy
Yes, if Mitt Romney wins the White House and his Republican allies retake the Senate, he could shred most of President Barack Obama's health care law without having to overpower a Democratic filibuster.
USA Today | Health care options for young, healthy and broke
They're young, healthy and flat broke — and now the government says they have to buy thousands of dollars' worth of medical insurance. What should tapped-out twenty-somethings do?
Econ Comments & Analysis
Daily Finance | Obamacare Could Kill One Type of Cheap Health Insurance
One of the biggest challenges facing the country right now is getting skyrocketing medical costs under control. The hope of proponents of the health care reform law that the Supreme Court upheld last month was that it would help reduce overall costs.
CATO | Forget about the Mandate. Let's Fix Health Care
On June 28, the Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama’s health-care law. Opponents and supporters are still sparring over whether its mandate is a tax. It’s time to get over this debate. The mandate’s mild penalty was never this law’s central economic and policy flaw.
Blogs
Marginal Revolution | The new tug of war over Medicaid
Medicaid has never been especially popular, and when its expanded role becomes more widely understood, it is likely to become less popular still.
WSJ | Number of the Week: Public Workers More Likely to Have Health Benefits
51%: Percent of private-sector workers who receive health benefits from their employers. For state and local government employees, the figure is 73%.It’s no secret that public employees tend to get better benefits than their private-sector counterparts.
