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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
National Journal | Consumers Will Soon Be Able to Skip Obamacare Website
Insurance companies have always been able to enroll Americans in Affordable Care Act exchange coverage, but people who qualified for premium assistance had to complete their applications and receive an eligibility notice through HealthCare.gov.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
WSJ | How the GOP Should Fix ObamaCare
The problem is simply stated. Millions will be losing their individual insurance policies that they were promised they could keep. They will be expected to buy more expensive ObamaCare-approved policies than they want or need, and to do so from ObamaCare exchanges that aren't working.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Heritage Foundation | Obamacare Exchanges Have Reduced Insurance Competition Nationally
A recent Heritage analysis found significantly less insurer competition in the Obamacare exchanges relative to the prior individual health insurance market.
Neighborhood Effects | Why Mandating Higher Quality is Regressive
Lately, a lot of attention has been given to the fact that millions of Americans are seeing their health insurance plans cancelled as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare). Some pundits have gone so far as to argue this is a good thing.