Private insurers have been gaming the system for many decades. They have been selectively marketing their products to the healthy workforce, their young,

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health PlansDepartment of Health and Human ServicesProposed rule.(Excerpt)The excerpt above from today's HHS release

The excerpt above from today's HHS release of the proposed rule for the insurance exchanges to be established under the Patient Protection and

Utah's state health insurance exchange is now in full operation. It is a very loosely regulated system organized as what they call a

Although innumerable studies have shown that health insurance provides both health security and financial security, some have contended that insurance is not necessary,

MEDICAID AND CHIP: Most Physicians Serve Covered Children but Have Difficulty Referring Them for Specialty CareGAOJune 2011Report to Congressional CommitteesThis highly credible report from GAO

This highly credible report from GAO provides more evidence that access remains a problem within the Medicaid and CHIP programs. Less than half

In the push towards integrated health systems, hospitals have been consolidating within markets in order to gain leverage in the negotiation of insurance

Universal Health Care: Can We Afford Anything Less?By Gerald FriedmanDollars and Sense, July/August 2011It is great to have on board another economist from the academic